Answer 1:
Workings:
Return on Equity = Profit Margin * Total Asset Turnover * Financial Leverage multiplier
= Net Income / Revenues * Revenues / Total Assets * Total Assets / Shareholders’ Equity
= 4.5% * 0.78 * 1.46
= 5.12%
Answer 2:
Observe the modified DuPont formula and notice that each component can be compared with industry standards to assess the firm's performance. Therefore, the advantage of using the Dupont system is the ROE is broken into three distinct components. Starting at the right we see how financial leverage has increased assets over the owners' original equity. Next, moving to left we see how efficiently the firm used its assets to generate sales. Finally the profit margin shows the measure of net profit margin on sales.
the
dropdown option for the first question: net profit margin OR
operating profit margin // debt ratio OR equity multiplier.
the dropdown option for the second question: shareholder and
dividend management OR use of debt versus equity financing //
management of its revenues and depreciation methods OR control over
its expenses
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