The following table contains financial statement information for Staples Inc. a) Compute the return on equity (RDE) for 2006 and 2005.Round your answers o one decimal place.) 2006 Rot = 0 % 2005 Rot = 0 % What trend, if any is evident? How does Staple's ROE compare with the approximately 12% median ROE for publicity companies? Staple's ROE decreased from 2005 to 2006 and is similar to the median for other publically traded companies. Staple's RDE increased from 2005 to 2006 and is well above the median for other publically traded companies. Staple's ROE Increased from 2005 to 2006 and is similar to the median for other publically traded companies. Staple's ROE decreased from 2005 to 2006 but still exceeds the median for other publically traded companies. (b) Compute the return on assets (ROA) for 2006 and 2005, (Round your answers to one decimal place.) 2006 ROA = 0 % 2005 ROA = 0 % What trend it any is evident? How does Staple's ROA compare with the approximately 10% median ROA for publically traded companies? Staple's ROA Increased from 2005 to 2006 and is above the median for other publically traded companies. Staple's ROA decreased from 2005 to 2006 and is similar to the median for other pubically traded companies. Staple's ROA increased from 2005 to 2006 and is slightly below the median for other publically traded companies. Staple's ROA decreased from 2005 to 2006 and but still exceeds the median for other publically traded companies. (c) Which of the following factors might allow a company like Staples. inc to realize above-average returns? Staples Inc operates with more assets and equity than the average company. Staples, Inc's advertising budget is thus allowing to generate a higher level of sales. Staples sell undifferentiated goods. It must earn its returns via efficient operation. That means an efficient supply chain and extraordinary inventory management. In addition, it must be able to construct the interior improvements on its leased space as economically as possible to keep costs down. Staples, Inc's sales level is greater than the typical company