Corporate Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305653535
Author: Carl Warren, James M. Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.1ADM
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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Hrubec Products. Inc., operates a Pulp Division that manufactures wood pulp for use in the production of various paper goods. Revenue and costs associated with a ton of pulp follow:
Hrubec Products has just acquired a small company that manufactures paper cartons. This company will be treated as a division of Hrubec with full profit responsibility. The newly formed Carton Division is currently purchasing 5,000 tons of pulp per year from a supplier at a cost of $70 per ton, less a 10% purchase discount. Hrubec’s president is anxious for the Carton Division to begin purchasing its pulp from the Pulp Division if an acceptable transfer price can be worked out.
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What is the comparison (analysis) of the Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio of Industry Average Ratio and the Company A Ratio? The Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio has decreased and increased. Why?
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2015: 3.00
2016: 3.18
2017: 3.58
2018: 2.23
2019: 2.94
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2017: 7.70
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Chapter 9 Solutions
Corporate Financial Accounting
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