Snow Pack Corporation is the biggest snowmobile manufacturer in the world. It reported the following amounts in its financial statements (in millions):      2017 2018 Net Sales Revenue $ 4,900 $ 4,360 Cost of Goods Sold 4,290 3,810 Average Inventory 490 440    Required: 1-a. Calculate the inventory turnover ratio for 2018 and 2017. 1-b. Calculate the average days to sell inventory for 2018 and 2017. 2. Did inventory turnover at Snow Pack improve or decline in 2018? 3. Calculate the 2018 gross profit percentage.

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Snow Pack Corporation is the biggest snowmobile manufacturer in the world. It reported the following amounts in its financial statements (in millions):

  

  2017 2018
Net Sales Revenue $ 4,900 $ 4,360
Cost of Goods Sold 4,290 3,810
Average Inventory 490 440

  

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  1. 1-a. Calculate the inventory turnover ratio for 2018 and 2017.
  2. 1-b. Calculate the average days to sell inventory for 2018 and 2017.
  3. 2. Did inventory turnover at Snow Pack improve or decline in 2018?
  4. 3. Calculate the 2018 gross profit percentage.
  5. 4. The main competitor for Snow Pack is Arctic Cat. Prior to being acquired by Textron, Incorporated, Arctic Cat reported its inventory turnover was 4.6 and its gross profit percentage was 5.2 percent. Why was Arctic Cat more likely than Snow Pack to require a write-down for LCM/NRV?

 

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