Corporate decision makers and analysts often use a technique called DuPont analysis to understand and assess the factors that drive a company's financial performance, as measured by its return on equity (ROE). Depending on the version used, the Dupont equation will deconstruct the firm's ROE, its best measure of financial performance, into two or three important factors, or drivers. Dupont analysis can be conducted using either the traditional DuPont equation or the extended Dupont equation. The traditional equabion is constructed using two drivers, whereas the extended DuPont equation uses three variables to examine a firm's RoE performance. Complete the following sentences by entering the appropriate words or phrases. In the extended Dupont equation, a firm's ROE reflects (1) its use of debt financing, or leverage, as reflected by its (2) the efficiency with which it uses its assets, as measured by the and (3) its ability to generate sales and manage its production costs and operating expenses, as summarized by its In contrast, sometimes it is useful to focus just on asset profitability and financial leverage. In this case, you would use the traditional version of the equation, in which the firm's efficiency and profitability metrics are multiplied and summarzed in a single measure, the In this analysis, a company's financial performance is expected to result from both management's financing decisions and its effectiveness and efficiency in generating profits using the firm's asset base. Most investors and analysts in the financial community observe a firm's ROE closely. The ROE can be calculated by dividing the firm's net income by the sharehoiders' equity, or it can be reduced into the key factors that drive the ROE. Investors and analysts like to focus on these drivers to develop a more holistic image of what is changing within a company. An analyst collected the following fiscal year 2018 data for firms operating in the transportation, sector. Use the data to compute the net profit margin (NPM), total asset turnover (TAT), and equity multiplier (EM) values required for a DuPont analysis. (Note: Round your answers to two decimal places. The following dollar values are expressed in millions of U.S. dollars.) The following dollar values are expressed in millions of U.S. dollars.) Referring to this data, which of the following conclusions is true about the firms' ROEs? Firm A exchibits the lowest debt ratio among the three firms. Compared to firms A and B, firm C exhibits the worst job of managing its operating efficiency by reducing its costs and tax burden. Athough the three firms exhibit relatively similar efficiencies in managing its asset bases, firm C is marginally better in doing so. Firm B's ROE performance results from its ternble profitability and cost-containment performance despite its superior asset-management productivity performance..

1. Corporate decision makers and analysts often use a technique called DuPont analysis to
understand and assess the factors that drive a company's financial performance, as measured by
its return on equity (ROE). Depending on the version used, the Dupont equation will deconstruct
the firm's ROE, its best measure of financial performance, into two or three important factors, or
drivers. Dupont analysis can be conducted using either the traditional DuPont equation or the
extended Dupont equation. The traditional equabion is constructed using two drivers, whereas
the extended DuPont equation uses three variables to examine a firm's RoE performance.
Complete the following sentences by entering the appropriate words or phrases. In the extended
Dupont equation, a firm's ROE reflects (1) its use of debt financing, or leverage, as reflected by
its (2) the efficiency with which it uses its assets, as measured by the and (3) its ability to
generate sales and manage its production costs and operating expenses, as summarized by its In
contrast, sometimes it is useful to focus just on asset profitability and financial leverage. In this
case, you would use the traditional version of the equation, in which the firm's efficiency and
profitability metrics are multiplied and summarzed in a single measure, the In this analysis, a
company's financial performance is expected to result from both management's financing
decisions and its effectiveness and efficiency in generating profits using the firm's asset base.
Most investors and analysts in the financial community observe a firm's ROE closely. The ROE
can be calculated by dividing the firm's net income by the sharehoiders' equity, or it can be
reduced into the key factors that drive the ROE. Investors and analysts like to focus on these
drivers to develop a more holistic image of what is changing within a company. An analyst
collected the following fiscal year 2018 data for firms operating in the transportation, sector. Use
the data to compute the net profit margin (NPM), total asset turnover (TAT), and equity
multiplier (EM) values required for a DuPont analysis. (Note: Round your answers to two
decimal places. The following dollar values are expressed in millions of U.S. dollars.)
The following dollar values are expressed in millions of U.S. dollars.) Referring to this data,
which of the following conclusions is true about the firms' ROEs? Firm A exchibits the lowest
debt ratio among the three firms. Compared to firms A and B, firm C exhibits the worst job of
managing its operating efficiency by reducing its costs and tax burden. Athough the three firms
exhibit relatively similar efficiencies in managing its asset bases, firm C is marginally better in
doing so. Firm B's ROE performance results from its ternble profitability and cost-containment
performance despite its superior asset-management productivity performance.