Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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Author: Carl Warren
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.6.3MBA
Return on assets
ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM) explores, produces, and distributes oil and natural gas. The Coca-Cola Company (KO) produces and distributes soft drink beverages, including Coke. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.., (WMT) operates retail stores and supermarkets.
Analyze and explain the rankings in (2).
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Interpreting liquidity and activity ratios The table, shows key financial data for three firms that compete in the consumer products market: Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Clorox.
a. Calculate each of the following ratios for all three companies: current ratio, quick ratio, inventory turnover, average collection period, total asset turnover.
b. What company is in the position of having greatest liquidity?
c. Would you say that the three companies exhibit similar performance or quite different performance in terms of collecting receivables? Why do you think that might be?
d. Which company has the most rapid inventory turnover? Which company appears to be least efficient in terms of total asset turnover? Are your answers to those questions a little surprising? If a company is best at inventory turnover and worst at total asset turnover, what do
you think that means?
a. For the three companies, the current ratios are: (Round to three decimal places.)
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Survey of Accounting (Accounting I)
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