Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation
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Chapter 4, Problem 19PC
Texas Instruments (TI) designs and manufactures semiconductor products for use in computers, telecommunications equipment, automobiles, and other electronics-based products. The manufacturing of semiconductors is highly capital-intensive. Hewlett-Packard Corporation (HP) manufactures computer hardware and various imaging products, such as printers and fax machines. Exhibit 4.26 presents selected data for TI and HP for three recent years.
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- a. Compute the fixed assets turnover for each firm for Years 1, 2, and 3.
- b. Suggest reasons for the differences in the fixed assets turnovers of TI and HP.
- c. Suggest reasons for the changes in the fixed assets turnovers of TI and HP during the three-year period.
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