a. Compute profitability measures RNOA and ROE for 2018 and 2017. In which year are the measures stronger? Round answers to one decimal place (ex: 0.2345 = 23.5%).   2018 2017 RNOA Answer   Answer   ROE Answer   Answer     b. Compute coverage metrics Times interest earned and Cash from operating activities to total debt for 2018 and 2017. Round answers to two decimal places.   2018 2017 Times interest earned Answer   Answer   Cash from operating activities to total debt Answer   Answer

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Compute and Interpret Coverage, Liquidity and Solvency Ratios

Selected balance sheet and income statement information from Amazon for 2016 through 2018 follows.

$ millions 2018 2017 2016
Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) $10,978 $3,222 $2,556
Net income 10,073 3,033 2,371
Operating profit 12,421 4,106 4,186
Interest expense 1,417 848 484
Cash from operating activities 30,723 18,365 17,203
Current assets 75,101 60,197 45,781
Current liabilities 68,391 57,883 43,816
Cash and cash equivalents 31,750 20,522 19,334
Marketable securities 9,500 10,464 6,647
Total debt 23,495 24,743 7,694
Assets 162,648 131,310 83,402
Liabilities 119,099 103,601 64,117
Equity 43,549 27,709 19,285
Net operating assets (NOA) 25,794 21,466 998

 

a. Compute profitability measures RNOA and ROE for 2018 and 2017. In which year are the measures stronger?
Round answers to one decimal place (ex: 0.2345 = 23.5%).

  2018 2017
RNOA Answer
 
Answer
 
ROE Answer
 
Answer
 

 

b. Compute coverage metrics Times interest earned and Cash from operating activities to total debt for 2018 and 2017.
Round answers to two decimal places.

  2018 2017
Times interest earned Answer
 
Answer
 
Cash from operating activities to total debt Answer
 
Answer
 
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