East Point Retail, Inc., sells professional Women's apparel through company-owned retail stores. Recent financial Information for East Point is provided below (all numbers in thousands). Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2 Net income $150,000 $77,300 interest expense 3,100 11,500 Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 1 Total assets (at end of fiscal year) $3,411,468 $3,245,054 $2,879,084 Total stockholders' equity (at end of fiscal year) 1,097,827 1,076,087 786,563 Assume the apparet industry average return on total assets is 8.0%, and the average return on stockholders' equity is 15.0% for the ygar ended April 2, Year 3. a. Determine the return on total assets for East Point for fiscal Years 2 and 3. Round to one decimal place. Fiscal Year 3 Fiscal Year 2 % b. Determine the return on stockholders' equity for East Point for fiscal Years 2 and 3. Round to one decimal place, Fiscal Year 3 % Fiscal Year 2 c. The return on stockholders' equity is the return on total assets due to the use of leverage d. During fiscal Year 3, East Point's results were compared to the industry average. The return on total assets for East Point was then the industry average. The return on stockholders' equity was than the industry average. These relationships suggest that East Point has leverage than the industry, on average. Previous Next