Below are selected financial data (in millions) for three utility companies.

{Requirements}
1. Compute the missing amounts (indicated by a ?) for each company.
2. What two line items above would be most relevant to determining which company is the largest? Why?
3. Which company reported the highest net income for the year? The highest net income as a percentage of revenues? Which of these two amounts is better for comparing the operating performance of the companies for the year? Why?

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Gas Limited Electric Water Inc. Corp. Beginning Assets. $11,200 $ 3,256 $ 909 Liabilities.. 4,075 1,756 564 Ending Assets $12,400 $ ? $1,025 Liabilities. 4,400 1,699 565 Owners' Equity Issuance (Repurchase) of shares... $ (36) $ (0) Dividends....... 341 30 Income Statement Revenues.. Expenses. $11,288 $11,099 $1,663 10,879 1,568