Rate of return on investment, residual income for a service company OBJ. 4 Starwood Hotels & Resorts

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Rate of return on investment, residual income for a service company OBJ. 4 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide provides lodging services around the world. The company is separated into two major divisions.

Hotel Ownership: Hotels owned and operated by Starwood.

Vacation Ownership: Resort properties developed, owned, and operated for timeshare vacation owners..

Financial information for each division, from a recent annual report, is as follows (in millions):
Hotel Ownership Vacation Ownership Revenues $4,383 $ 688 Income from operations 571 105 Total assets 6,440 2,139

a. Use the DuPont formula to determine the return on investment for each of the Starwood business divisions. Round whole percents to one decimal place and investment turnover to two decimal places.

b. Determine the residual income for each division, assuming a minimum acceptable income of 5% of total assets. Round minimal acceptable return to the nearest million dollars.

c. Interpret your results.

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Financial And Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 9781305267831,9781305267848

13th Edition

Authors: Carl S. Warren , James M. Reeve , Jonathan Duchac

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