Question: The financial statements of Amazon.com, Inc. are presented in Appendix D. Click here t...

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The financial statements of Amazon.com, Inc. are presented in Appendix D. Click here to view Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented in Appendix E. Click here to view Appendix E. The complete annual reports, including the notes to the financial statements, are available at each companys respective website. (a) Based on the information contained in these financial statements (For Amazon use values for December 31, 2016 and for Wal-Mart use values for January 31, 2017.), and the accompanying notes and schedules, compute the following values for each company. (Round all percentages to 1 decimal places, e.g. 15.1% and asset turnover ratio to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.21. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) (1) Return on assets.

		Return on assets
Amazon.com		enter percentages rounded to 1 decimal place	%
Wal-Mart Stores		enter percentages rounded to 1 decimal place	%

(2) Profit margin (use Total Revenue).

		Profit margin
Amazon.com		enter percentages rounded to 1 decimal place	%
Wal-Mart Stores		enter percentages rounded to 1 decimal place	%

(3) Asset turnover.

		Asset turnover
Amazon.com		enter the asset turnover ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	times
Wal-Mart Stores		enter the asset turnover ratio rounded to 2 decimal places	times