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1. Calculate Computron’s market value ratios—that is, its price/earnings ratio and its market/book ratio. What do these ratios tell you about investors’ opinions of the company?
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Analyst forecasts which focus on a top-down approach to forecasting future performance are most likely paying attention to:
A. Macroeconomic factors such as gross domestic product (GDP)
B. Signals from individual companies within an industry first
OC. Microeconomic factors such as dividend yields on bio-technology stocks (shares)
Using the data in the following table for a number of firms in the same industry, dothe following:•a. Compute the total asset turnover, the net profit margin, the equity multiplier, andthe return on equity for each firm.b. Evaluate each firm’s performance by comparing the firms with one another.Which firm or firms appear to be having problems? What corrective actionwould you suggest the poorer performing firms take? Finally, what additional data would you want to have on hand when conducting youranalyses?Firm
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$20
$10
$15
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Net Income after sales
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0.5
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Total Assets
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15
24
Stockholders’ Equity
10
5
14
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