Profitability Ratios East Point Retail, Inc., sells professional women's apparel through company-owned retail stores. Recent financial information for East Point is provided below (all numbers in thousands).   Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2   Net income $148,000   $76,200     Interest expense 3,000   11,400       Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 1 Total assets (at end of fiscal year) $3,599,419   $3,423,837   $3,065,051   Total stockholders' equity (at end of fiscal year) 1,030,897   1,010,483   741,241   Assume the apparel industry average return on total assets is 8.0%, and the average return on stockholders’ equity is 15.0% for the year ended April 2, Year 3. a.  Determine the return on total assets for East Point for fiscal Years 2 and 3. Round to one decimal place. Fiscal Year 3 fill in the blank 1 % Fiscal Year 2 fill in the blank 2 % b.  Determine the return on stockholders' equity for East Point for fiscal Years 2 and 3. Round to one decimal place. Fiscal Year 3 fill in the blank 3 % Fiscal Year 2 fill in the blank 4 %

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East Point Retail, Inc., sells professional women's apparel through company-owned retail stores. Recent financial information for East Point is provided below (all numbers in thousands).

  Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2  
Net income $148,000   $76,200    
Interest expense 3,000   11,400    
  Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 1
Total assets (at end of fiscal year) $3,599,419   $3,423,837   $3,065,051  
Total stockholders' equity (at end of fiscal year) 1,030,897   1,010,483   741,241  

Assume the apparel industry average return on total assets is 8.0%, and the average return on stockholders’ equity is 15.0% for the year ended April 2, Year 3.

a.  Determine the return on total assets for East Point for fiscal Years 2 and 3. Round to one decimal place.

Fiscal Year 3 fill in the blank 1 %
Fiscal Year 2 fill in the blank 2 %

b.  Determine the return on stockholders' equity for East Point for fiscal Years 2 and 3. Round to one decimal place.

Fiscal Year 3 fill in the blank 3 %
Fiscal Year 2 fill in the blank 4 %
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