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: Crockett Electronics has a quick ratio of 2.00%, $33,525 in cash, $18,625 in accounts receivable, some inventory, total current assets of $74,500, and total current liabilities of $26,075. The company reported annual sales of $200,000 in the most recent annual report Over the past year, how often did Crockett Electronics sell and replace its inventory? 8.01% 8.95% 2.86% 9.85% The inventory turnover ratio across companies in the electronics industry is 9.845x. Based on this information, which of the following statements is true for Crockett Electronics? Crockett Electronics is holding more inventory per dollar of sales compared with the industry average. Crockett Electronics is holding less inventory per dollar of sales compared with 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 $200,000 each. You've collected company data to compare Like Games and our play. Last year, the average sales for all Industry competitors was 5510,000. 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 companied financial statements. This information is listed as follows: (Note: Assume there are 365 days in a year) Accounts receivable Net fixed assets Total assets Data Collected (in dollars) Like Games Our Play Industry Average 5,400 7.800 7.700 110,000 160,000 433,500 190,000 250.000 469,200 Using this information, complete the following 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 receivables less quickly than the industry average 2. Our Play's Fixed assets turnover ratio 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 Uke Games's not fixed assets 3. Like Games's total assets turnover ratios which than the industry's average total assets turnover ratio. In general, a higher total assets turnover ratio indicates greater efficiency