Samsung, Apple, and Google are competitors in the global marketplace. Following are selected data from each company.

Required
1. Compute Samsung's return on total assets, and its components of profit margin and total asset turnover, for the most recent two years using the data provided.
2. Which of these three companies has the highest return on total assets? Highest profit margin? Highest total asset turnover? Interpret these results for the
(a) Current year
(b) Prior year.

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Samsung (Korean won millons) One Year Prior Apple Google Current Year Two Years Current Prior Current Prior Year Year Year Year Key Figure Net income Net sales Total assets Profit margin. Total asset Prior W 19,060,144 23,394,358 30,474,764 200,653,482 206,205,987 228,692,667 242,179,521 230,422,958 214,075,018 22.8% 21.6% 21.8% 21.4% 0.89 0.83 0.54 0.55