Three major segments of the transportation industry are motor carriers such as Atlantic Worldwide, railroads such as Pacific, and transportation logistics services such as Mediterranean. Recent financial statement information for these three companies follows (in the Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean Sales $2,327,940 $899.990 $2,245.320 Average total assets 862,200 1,285,700 534,600 a. Determine the asset turnover for all three companies. Round your answers to two decimal places. Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean b. The ratio of sales to assets measures the number of sales dollars earned for each dollar of assets. The greater the number of sales dollars earned for every dollar of assets, the - efficient a firm is in using assets.

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Three major segments of the transportation industry are motor carriers such as Atlantic Worldwide, railroads such as Pacific, and transportation logistics services such as Mediterranean. Recent financial statement information for these three companies follows (in thousands):
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Sales
$2,327,940
$899,990
$2,245,320
Average total assets
862,200
1,285,700
534,600
a. Determine the asset turnover for all three companies. Round your answers to two decimal places.
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
b. The ratio of sales to assets measures the number of sales dollars earned for each dollar of assets. The greater the number of sales dollars earned for every dollar of assets, the
- efficient a firm is in using assets.
Transcribed Image Text:Three major segments of the transportation industry are motor carriers such as Atlantic Worldwide, railroads such as Pacific, and transportation logistics services such as Mediterranean. Recent financial statement information for these three companies follows (in thousands): Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean Sales $2,327,940 $899,990 $2,245,320 Average total assets 862,200 1,285,700 534,600 a. Determine the asset turnover for all three companies. Round your answers to two decimal places. Atlantic Pacific Mediterranean b. The ratio of sales to assets measures the number of sales dollars earned for each dollar of assets. The greater the number of sales dollars earned for every dollar of assets, the - efficient a firm is in using assets.
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Asset turnover is calculated as Net Sales divided by Average Total assets. It is the measure of efficiency of the assets of an organisation. 

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