
(A)
Adequate information:
Given is the Income Statement and
To Compute:
Five Components as per DuPont formula for determining
- Operating margin
- Asset turnover
- Interest burden
- Financial leverage
- Income tax rate
Introduction:
There are broadly Five components for DuPont calculation which include Operating efficiency, Assets use efficiency, Financial Leverage, Interest burden, Income Tax Rate.
Operating efficiency is measured by profit margin, Assets use efficiency is measured by total asset turnover, financial leverage by the equity multiplier & Interest burden by pretax profit to earnings before interest & taxes and Income tax impact is derived by Profit after tax to profit before tax.
(B)
To Compute:
Discuss impact of the changes in asset turnover and financial leverage on the change of ROE from 2016 to 2019
Introduction:
In simple terms, Return on Equity is the determination of profitability of a company in relation to

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