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Chapter 9, Problem 1ADM

Continuing Company Analysis—Amazon: Fixed asset turnover ratio

Amazon.com, Inc. is the world’s leading Internet retailer of merchandise and media. Amazon also designs and sells electronic products, such as e-readers. Netflix, Inc. is the world’s leading Internet television network. Both companies compete in the digital media and streaming space. However, Netflix is more narrowly focused in the digital streaming business than is Amazon. Sales and average book value of fixed assets information (in millions) are provided for Amazon and Netflix for a recent year as follows:

	Amazon	Netflix
Sales	$88,988	$5,505
Average book value of fixed assets	13,958	142

A. Compute the fixed asset turnover ratio for each company. (Round to one decimal place.)
B. Which company is more efficient in generating sales from fixed assets?
C. Interpret your results.

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