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View Policies Current Attempt in Progress The March 29, 2012, edition of the Wall Street Journal Online contains an article by Miguel Bustillo entitled, "Best Buy Forced to Rethink Big Box." The article explains how the 1,100 giant stores, which enabled Best Buy to obtain its position as the largest retailer of electronics, are now reducing the company's profitability and even threatening its survival. The problem is that many customers go to Best Buy stores to see items but then buy them for less from online retailers. As a result, Best Buy recently announced that it would close 50 stores and switch to smaller stores. However, some analysts think that these changes are not big enough Suppose the following data were extracted from the 2017 and 2012 annual reports of Best Buy. (All amounts are in millions.) 2016 $18.258 2017 $17.921 50,172 1,283 2011 $10,346 Total assets at year-end Net sales Net Income 2012 $11.724 30,736 1.155 Using the data above, answer the following questions. Compute the profit margin, asset turnover, and return on assets for 2017 and 2012. (Round all percentages to 1 decimal places, eg. 15.1% and asset turnover ratio to 2 decimal places, eg. 15.21.) 2017 2012 Profit Margin 96 96 Asset Turnover times times Return on Assets 9 96

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		2017	2012
[Net Income / Net Sales]	Profit Margin	2.6%	3.8%
[Net Sales / Average assets]	Asset Turnover	2.77	2.79
[Net Income / Asset Turnover]	Return on assets	7.1% or 7.2%	10.5% or 10.6%

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		2017	2012
[Net Income / Net Sales]	Profit Margin	=1283/50172	=1155/30736
[Net Sales / Average assets]	Asset Turnover	=50172/((17921+18258)/2)	=30736/((11724+10346)/2)
[Net Income / Asset Turnover]	Return on assets	=1283/((17921+18258)/2)	=1155/((11724+10346)/2)

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	Profit Margin	Asset Turnover	Return on Assets
2012	3.8%	2.79	10.6%
2017	2.6%	2.77	7.2%