CHIP (Semiconductor) Manufacturers Return on Equity Profit Margin 50 40 40 30 30 N 20 20 10 10 0 0 2004-01 2003-03 2002 2009-03 2008-03 2007-03 2006-03 2001 COM CO-Sooz we 2010-03 TTM 2261-03 0.85 0.7 Total Asset Turnover Xilinx Debt to Asset 2002-034 2003-03 2004-03 2005-03 2006-03 2007-03 2008-03 2009-03 2010-03 0.6 0.75 0.5 0.65 0.4 Intel 0.55 0.3 A 0.45 02 -Altera 0.35 0.1 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2007.12 2008-12 2009.12 TTM 2009 2001-12 2002-12 2003-12 2004-12 2005-12 2006-12 1. Look at the Ratios of Semiconductor companies in slide 2. Which company has the highest profitability to shareholders? Is their profit margin a much higher than the competitors? Is their asset turnover higher than their competitors? What is causing their ROE to be so much higher than the other companies these last few years