Evaluating Turnover and Nontraditional Efficiency Ratios Across Industries The following information is taken from publicly traded retailers. The data come from the balance sheet, income statement, and Item 2 on the companies Form 10K filings. Use the information to answer the requirements.

			Average	Retail SQ	# of
$ millions	Revenue	COGS	Inventory	Footage (000s)	Stores
Autozone	$10,660	$4,902	$3,717	41,066	6,202
Costco	134,497	121,715	9,915	110,700	762
Home Depot	102,793	71,043	12,670	237,700	2,287
Lowes	67,744	48,396	11,378	209,000	2,015
OReilly	9,059	4,237	2,947	38,455	5,219
Walmart	486,143	374,623	41,825	1,129,000	11,361

Required a. Compute the days inventory outstanding (DIO) for each company. Note: Do not round until your final answer; round your final answer to the nearest whole day.

	DIO
AUTOZONE	....	days
COSTCO	....	days
HOME DEPOT	.....	days
LOWE'S	.....	days
O'REILLY	.....	days
WALMART	.....	days

b. Compute the gross profit margin for each company. Note: Round percentage to one decimal place (for example, enter 6.7% for 6.6555%).

	DIO
AUTOZONE	......
COSTCO	......
HOME DEPOT	.....
LOWE'S	.....
O'REILLY	....
WALMART	.....

c. Compute the following two nontraditional efficiency metrics: Revenue per square foot and Revenue per store. Note: Round your answers to two decimal places (for example, enter 6.78 for 6.77555).

	Revenue per SF	Revenue per store
AUTOZONE	......	......
COSTCO	.....	.....
HOME DEPOT	.....	.....
LOWE'S	......	.....
O'REILLY	....	.....
WALMART	.....	.....

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