Comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Apple Google One Year Prior Two Years Prior Current Year $375,319 229,234 One Year Prior $321,686 215,639 Two Years Prior $290,345 233,715 Current Year $ millions Total assets Net sales $197,295 $167,497 $147,461 90,272 74,989 Required: 1. Compute total asset turnover for the most recent two years for Apple and Google using the data shown. 2. In the current year, which company is more efficient in generating net sales given total assets? 3. Does each company's asset turnover underperform or outperform the industry (assumed) asset turnover of 0.5 for: (a) Apple and (b) Google?
Comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Apple Google One Year Prior Two Years Prior Current Year $375,319 229,234 One Year Prior $321,686 215,639 Two Years Prior $290,345 233,715 Current Year $ millions Total assets Net sales $197,295 $167,497 $147,461 90,272 74,989 Required: 1. Compute total asset turnover for the most recent two years for Apple and Google using the data shown. 2. In the current year, which company is more efficient in generating net sales given total assets? 3. Does each company's asset turnover underperform or outperform the industry (assumed) asset turnover of 0.5 for: (a) Apple and (b) Google?
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