3. Asset management ratios Aa Aa Asset management ratios are used to measure how effectively a firm manages its assets, by relating the amount a firm has invested in a particular type of asset (or group of assets) to the amount of revenues the asset is generating. Examples of asset management ratios include the average collection period (also called the days sales outstanding ratio), the inventory turnover ratio, the fixed asset turnover ratio, and the total asset turnover ratio. Consider the following case: Monroe Manufacturing has a quick ratio of 2.00, $30,825 in cash, $17,125 in accounts receivable, some inventory, total current assets of $68,500, and total current liabilities of $23,975. The company reported annual sales of $700,000, and cost of goods sold equal to 75% of sales in the most recent annual report, Over the past year, how often did Monroe Manufacturing sell and replace its inventory? 0 25.55 times 0 34.06 times O 2.86 times 28.11 times The inventory turnover ratio across companies in the manufacturing Industry is 21.72. Based on this information, which of the following statements is true for Monroe Manufacturing? Monroe Manufacturing is holding more inventory per dollar of sales compared to the industry average. Monroe Manufacturing is holding less inventory per dollar of sales compared to the industry average You are analyzing two companies that manufacture electronic toys: Like Games Inc. and Our Play Inc. Like Games was launched eight years ago, whereas Our Play is a relatively new company that has been in operation for only the past two years. However, both companies have an equal market share with sales of $700,000 each. You've collected company data to compare Like Games and Our Play. Last year, the average sales for all industry competitors was $1,785,000. As an analyst, you want to make comments on the expected performance of these two companies in the coming year. You've collected data from the companies' financial statements. This information is listed as follows: Accounts receivable Net fixed assets Total assets Data Collected (in dollars) Like Games Our Play 18,900 27,300 385,000 560,000 665,000 875,000 Industry Average 26,950 1,517,250 1,642,200 Using this information, complete the following statements to include in your analysis. 1. A days of sales outstanding represents an efficient credit and collection policy. Between the two companies, collecting cash from its customers faster than but both companies are collecting their receivables less quickly than the industry average. 2. Our Play's fixed assets turnover ratio is than that of Like Games. This could be because Our Play is a relatively new company, so the acquisition cost of its fixed assets is than the recorded cost of Like Games's net fixed assets. 3. Like Games's total assets turnover ratio is which is than the industry's average total assets turnover ratio. In general, a higher total assets turnover ratio indicates greater efficiency