Compare and contrast your company’s ratios to industry and competitor standard ratios
Apple Corporation SEC FORM 10K
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 229,234 | $ | 215,639 | $ | 233,715 | $ | 182,795 | $ | 170,910 | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 48,351 | $ | 45,687 | $ | 53,394 | $ | 39,510 | $ | 37,037 | |||||||||
| Earnings per share: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 9.27 | $ | 8.35 | $ | 9.28 | $ | 6.49 | $ | 5.72 | |||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 9.21 | $ | 8.31 | $ | 9.22 | $ | 6.45 | $ | 5.68 | |||||||||
| Cash dividends declared per share | $ | 2.40 | $ | 2.18 | $ | 1.98 | $ | 1.82 | $ | 1.64 | |||||||||
| Shares used in computing earnings per share: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 5,217,242 | 5,470,820 | 5,753,421 | 6,085,572 | 6,477,320 | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 5,251,692 | 5,500,281 | 5,793,069 | 6,122,663 | 6,521,634 | ||||||||||||||
| Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities | $ | 268,895 | $ | 237,585 | $ | 205,666 | $ | 155,239 | $ | 146,761 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 375,319 | $ | 321,686 | $ | 290,345 | $ | 231,839 | $ | 207,000 | |||||||||
| Commercial paper | $ | 11,977 | $ | 8,105 | $ | 8,499 | $ | 6,308 | $ | — | |||||||||
| Total term debt (1) | $ | 103,703 | $ | 78,927 | $ | 55,829 | $ | 28,987 | $ | 16,960 | |||||||||
| Other long-term obligations (2) | $ | 40,415 | $ | 36,074 | $ | 33,427 | $ | 24,826 | $ | 20,208 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities | $ | 241,272 | $ | 193,437 | $ | 170,990 | $ | 120,292 | $ | 83,451 | |||||||||
| Total shareholders’ equity | $ | 134,047 | $ | 128,249 | $ | 119,355 | $ | 111,547 | $ | 123,549 | |||||||||
USING this chart looking at years 2016 and 2017 I need to figure out the –
- Return on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method)
Then I must –
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