ACC 312 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Asset Turnover, Profit Margin

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Return on equity (roe), return on assets (roa), and the. Some companies and analysts like to link profitability, efficiency, and gearing ratios. This is illustrated in a number of relationships known as the du pont system of ratios. The first of these relationships considers another form of return on capital employed, return on assets (roa): return on assets (roa) = pat + interest (or pbit tax) total assets. Roa = pbit tax = sales x pbit - tax total assets total assets sales asset turnover profit margin ratio ratio. Asset turnover is an efficiency ratio, which is used to measure the performance of the company in generating sales from the assets under its control. The ability of a company to earn a higher return on assets is limited by competition. The profit margin ratio is a profitability ratio, and there is also a trade-off between the sales/assets ratio and profit margin.

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