3. Asset management ratios 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: Adarns Fumiture has a quick ratio of 2.00x,$37,575 in cash, $20,875 in accounts recelvable, some inventory, total current assets of $83,500, and total current liabilities of $29,225. The company reported annual sales of $100,000 in the most recent annual report. Additionaliy, the company's cost of goods sold is 75% of sales. Over the past year, how often did Adams Furniture sell and replace its Inventory? 2.99x 2.86x 3.29x 8.01x The inventory turnover rato across companies in the furniture industry is 3.289x. Based on this information, which of the following statements is true for Adams Fumiture? Adams Fumiture is holding less inventory per dellar of sales compared with the industry average. Adams furniture is holding more inventory per dollar of sales compared with the industry average. You are analyzing two companies that manufacture electronic toys-Uke Games Inc. and Our Play inc. Lke Games was launched elght 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 $100,000 each. You've collected company dato to compare Like Games and Our Play. Last yeac, the average sales for all industry competitors was $255,000. 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: (Note: Assume there are 365 days in a year.) Using this information, complete the foliowing statements to include in your analysis. 1. days of sales outstanding represents an efficient credit and collection policy. Between the two companies. is collecting cash from its customers faster than but both companies are collecting their recelvables less quickly than the industry average. 2. Our Pay's fixed assets turnover ratio if than that of Uike 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 foxed 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 tumover ratio indicates greater efficency