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Author: Carl Warren
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.7.2MBA
Return on assets
Tiffany & Co. (TIF) designs and sells jewelry including rings, watches, and necklaces throughout the world. The folk wing data (in millions) n taken from recent financial statements of Tiffany:
Using your answers to MBA 1, compare the return on assets for Wal-Mart to that of Tiffany.
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1. Calculate the following ratios for each year, rounding ratios and percentages to one decimal place, except for per-share amounts:a. Return on total assetsb. Return on stockholders’ equityc. Earnings per shared. Dividend yielde. Price-earnings ratio2. Based on these data, evaluate Deere’s profitability.
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