Craig Loomis, a credit analyst with Shawnee Financial Group, has been asked to assess the operational efficiency of Leuexa Company. Loomis calculates the following ratios from data gathered from Lenexa’ s annual report: Total debt$14500000 Revenues $ 35200000 Earnings before interest and taxes$ 6125000 Depreciation and amortization $ 1675000 Interest expense $ 2200000 According to the financial footnotes, Lenexa is a lessee in an operating lease arrangement for manufacturing equipment. The discounted present value of the lease payments is $ 6000000 using an interest rate of 10 percent. The annual payment is $1000000. Only considering the above data, determine which ratio best measures operational efficiency and calculate the adjusted measure for the appropriate analytical treatment of the lease.Operational efficiency Adjusted measure（）①A. EBITDA margin 25.0% ②B. EBITDA margin 17.4% ③C. EBITDA/Interest expense 4.0 times
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参考答案：A
解析：
EBITDA margin is a measure of operational efficiency. EBITDA/Interest expense is a measure of the tolerance for leverage. The adjustment involves capitalizing the operating lease. As a result, the lease payment is added back to EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA margin is 25.0% [($6125000 EBIT+$1675000 deprecation and amortization + $1000000 lease payment)/ $ 35200000 revenues].