Reference no: EM131784788
Assignment
Use the following data for Apple and Dell for year 2008 (real data, in $ million):
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Apple
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Dell
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$3,190
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Profit (operating income)
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$6,275
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$3,190
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Sales revenue
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$32,479
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$61,101
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Investment (total assets)
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$32,460
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$27,031
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Required:
a) compute the ROI for each company.
Apple ROI=%(if you get say 12.5%, enter 12.5, not 12.5% or 0.125)
Dell ROI=%
b) use the DuPont method to decompose ROI into ROI = profit margin * asset turnover.
In other words, compute profit margin and asset turnover for each company:
Apple profit margin=, asset turnover=(Enter both as a fraction of 1, not as percentage. I.e., if the profit margin is 0.045 (4.5%) and asset turnover is 3.42 (342%), enter 0.045 and 3.42)
Dell profit margin=, asset turnover=
If you multiply profit margin * asset turnover, you should get the ROI from part (a)
c) Which company has higher profit margin? Does it make sense, based on what you know about Apple and Dell?
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