Compare and contrast your company’s ratios to industry and competitor standard ratios

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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Apple’s Return on Equity Ratio Analysis

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