In: Finance
Calculating
Gross Profit Margin and Inventory Turnover
The following table presents sales revenue, cost of goods sold, and
inventory amounts for three retailers of fine jewelry, Tiffany
& Co., Zale Corporation, and Blue Nile, Inc. (an Internet
retailer).
($ millions) | 2013 | 2012 |
---|---|---|
Tiffany & Co. | ||
Revenues | $4,585 | $4,017 |
Cost of goods sold | 1,776 | 1,674 |
Inventory | 2,489 | 2,347 |
Zale Corporation | ||
Revenues | $1,973 | $1,910 |
Cost of goods sold | 989 | 949 |
Inventory | 823 | 769 |
Blue Nile, Inc. | ||
Revenues | $505 | $443 |
Cost of goods sold | 451 | 368 |
Inventory | 90 | 60 |
a. Compute the gross profit margin (GPM) for each of these
companies for 2013 and 2012.
Note: Round GPM answers to one decimal place (ex:
0.2345 = 23.5%).
Tiffany | Zale | Blue Nile | ||||||||||
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2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Gross profit | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | Answer | ||||||
Gross profit margin (GPM) | Answer |
% |
Answer | % | Answer | % | Answer | % | Answer | % | Answer | % |
b. Compute the inventory turnover ratio and the average inventory
days outstanding for 2013 for each company.
Do not round until your final answer.
Round inventory turnover to one decimal place. Round average inventory days outstanding to nearest whole number.
Tiffany | Zale | Blue Nile | |
---|---|---|---|
Inventory turnover | Answer | Answer | Answer |
Avg. inventory days outstanding | Answer | Answer | Answer |