Telus Corp. is a leading Canadian telecommunications company. It provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, wireless, entertainment, and video. Selected information about the company€™s resources and operations for fiscal year 2008€“ 2012 are presented below (amounts in millions of Canadian dollars):

Required:
1. Compute the net profit margin ratio and the return on equity for 2009 to 2012.
2. As a potential investor, how do you interpret these ratios?
3. What additional information would you require before deciding whether or not to invest in Telus€™s shares?

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2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Total shareholders' equity 7,686 7,53 $77 $7,355 $7,108 Total revenue 10,921 10,325 9,792 9.606 9,653 Net eanings 1318 1,215a d052 a le1.002 1,131