What is the debt ratio?
The debt ratio is also known as the debt to asset ratio or the total debt to total assets ratio.
The calculation of the debt ratio is: Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets.
The debt ratio indicates the percentage of the total asset amounts stated on the balance sheet that is owed to creditors.
A high debt ratio indicates that a corporation has a high level of financial leverage.
Learn more about Financial Ratios.
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Is this also known as the current ratio or is that something else?
What is the importance of all ratio for a company ?
debt ratio=total debt(current and longterm laibilities/total assets
its the percentage to the total debit after and its different than the deviation to cover the whole sum, total amount needed to cover or to balance the equal credit and debit,
i hope am not mistaken