Coca-Cola and Pepsi reported the following selected ratios: ...........................................Coke.................. Pepsi Return on assets............ 10.9%................ 8.4% Asset turnover................

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Coca-Cola and Pepsi reported the following selected ratios:

...........................................Coke.................. Pepsi

Return on assets............ 10.9%................ 8.4%

Asset turnover................ 0.6 times.......... 0.9 times

(a) Identify which company has the better

(1) Return on assets ratio

(2) Asset turnover ratio.

(b) Based on these two ratios, which company would you expect to have the better profit margin?

Asset Turnover
Asset turnover is sales divided by total assets. Important for comparison over time and to other companies of the same industry. This is a standard business ratio.
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Financial Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making

ISBN: 978-1118644942

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Barbara Trenholm, Wayne Irvine

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