In: Accounting
alculating Gross Profit and Inventory
Turnover
The following table presents sales revenue, cost of goods sold, and
inventory amounts for three computer/electronics companies, Dell
Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, and Apple Inc.
$ millions | Fiscal year ending | ||
---|---|---|---|
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (S. Korean won) | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 |
Revenues | 203,205,987 | 225,692,667 | 198,103,613 |
Cost of goods sold | 126,278,800 | 135,696,309 | 124,651,931 |
Inventory | 15,817,504 | 17,634,868 | 16,247,413 |
Hewlett-Packard Company (US dollar) | Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012 |
Revenues (Products only) | 127,245 | 126,033 | 114,552 |
Cost of goods sold | 67,167 | 67,064 | 58,503 |
Inventory | 7,490 | 6,466 | 6,128 |
Apple Inc. (US dollar) | Sep. 27, 2014 | Sep. 28, 2013 | Sep. 29, 2012 |
Revenues | 108,249 | 65,225 | 42,905 |
Cost of goods sold | 66,431 | 41,541 | 27,683 |
Inventory | 776 | 1,051 | 455 |
Required:
a. Compute the gross profit margin (GPM) for each of these
companies for all three fiscal years.
(Round your answers to one decimal place.)
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |
---|---|---|---|
Samsung | Answer% | Answer% | Answer% |
Hewlett-Packard | Answer% | Answer% | Answer% |
Apple | Answer% | Answer% | Answer% |
b. Compute the inventory turnover ratio and the average
inventory days outstanding for each company for the last two fiscal
years. (All three firms use FIFO inventory costing.)
(Round your answers to one decimal place.)
Inventory Turnover |
Inventory Turnover |
AIDO 2014 |
AIDO 2013 |
|
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Samsung | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Hewlett-Packard | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Apple | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Samsung | |||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||
Sales revenue | 203205987 | 225692667 | 198103613 | ||
CoGS | 126278800 | 135696309 | 124651931 | ||
Inventory | 15817504 | 17634868 | 16247413 | ||
Gross margin | 76927187 | 89996358 | 73451682 | ||
(Sales-COGS) | |||||
Gross Profit Margin | 37.85% | 39.88% | 37.08% | ||
(Gross profit/Sales)*100 | |||||
Inventory Turnnover | 7.98 | 7.69 | 7.67 | ||
(COGS / Inventory) | |||||
Hewlett | |||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||
Sales revenue | 127245 | 126033 | 114552 | ||
CoGS | 67167 | 67064 | 58503 | ||
Inventory | 7490 | 6466 | 6128 | ||
Gross margin | 60078 | 58969 | 56049 | ||
(Sales-COGS) | |||||
Gross Profit Margin | 47.21% | 46.79% | 48.93% | ||
(Gross profit/Sales)*100 | |||||
Inventory Turnnover | 8.97 | 10.37 | 9.55 | ||
(COGS / Inventory) | |||||
Apple | |||||
2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||
Sales revenue | 108249 | 65225 | 42905 | ||
CoGS | 66431 | 41541 | 27683 | ||
Inventory | 776 | 1051 | 455 | ||
Gross margin | 41818 | 23684 | 15222 | ||
(Sales-COGS) | |||||
Gross Profit Margin | 38.63% | 36.31% | 35.48% | ||
(Gross profit/Sales)*100 | |||||
Inventory Turnnover | 85.61 | 39.53 | 60.84 | ||
(COGS / Inventory) | |||||