Question

Cyberdyne Systems and Virtucon are competitors focusing on the latest technologies. Selected financial data is provided below. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., $10,100,000 should be entered as 10.1).) ($ in millions)CyberdyneVirtucon Net sales$39,905 $5,684 Net income 10,375 1,194 Operating cash flows 14,865 1,334 Total assets, beginning 58,905 15,184 Total assets, ending 60,905 14,884 Required: 1. Calculate the return on assets for both companies.

Answer 1

Answer:

Return on assets for Cyberdyne Systems and Virtucon are 0.2 and 0.1 respectively.

Explanation:

Return on asset is a measure of the ratio of the net income to the total average assets of an entity or organization. It givens and insight into the company's ability to generate profits from the use of its assets.

For Cyberdyne Systems, given that Net income $10,375 and the assets at the beginning and end of the period are $58,905 and $60,905

Total average assets = ($58,905 + $60,905)/2

= $59,905

Return on assets = $10,375/$59,905

= 0.17319088

To one decimal place = 0.2

For Virtucon, given that Net income $1,194 and the assets at the beginning and end of the period are 15,184 and 14,884

Total average assets = ($15,184 + $14,884)/2

= $15,034

Return on assets = $1,194/$15,034

= 0.079419981

To one decimal place = 0.1