
Profit margin: This ratio gauges the operating profitability by quantifying the amount of income earned from business operations from the sales generated.
Formula of profit margin:
Profit margin=Income from operationsSales
Investment turnover: This ratio gauges the operating efficiency by quantifying the amount of sales generated from the assets invested.
Formula of investment turnover:
Investment turnover=SalesInvested assets
Formula of ROI according to Dupont formula:
Return on investment = Profit margin × Investment turnover=Income from operationsSales×SalesInvested assets=Income from operationsInvested assets
To compute: Profit margin, investment turnover, and return on investment (ROI), and draft a memo to the president explaining the performance of N Division

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