Financial & Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781285866307
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.7BPE
a.
To determine
Asset turnover ratio is used to determine the efficiency of the company towards use of asset towards generation of sales. The formula to calculate asset turnover is given below:
To Determine: The asset turnover for 2016 and 2015 for Company E.
b.
To determine
To Comment: Whether the change in the asset turnover from 2015 to 2016 indicate a favorable or an unfavorable trend.
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2017
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Productivity (Sales/Average assets)
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a. Was the company profitable in 2018?Answer
b. Was the company more profitable in 2018 or 2017?Answer
c. Is the change in productivity a positive or negative development?Answer
d. Compute the company’s ROA for 2018 and for 2017.
Note: Round answers to one decimal places (example: 10.4%).
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2018
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2017
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e. From the information provided, which of the following best explains the change in ROA during 2018?
Answer
Net Profit Margin 2016= 1.957 % 2017= 1.997 %
Current Ratio 2016= 2.50:1 or 2.50 times 2017= 2.34:1 or 2.34 times
Non-current/fixed Asset turnover 2016 = 97.357 2017= 45.97
1. Make brief comments upon the changes, between the two years, in the ratios calculated
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