Samsung, Apple, and Google are competitors in the global marketplace. Following are selected data from each company.

Required

1. Compute Samsung's return on total assets, and its components of profit margin and total asset turnover, for the most recent two years using the data provided.

2. Which of these three companies has the highest return on total assets? Highest profit margin? Highest total asset turnover? Interpret these results for the

(a) Current year

(b) Prior year.

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Samsung (Korean won millions) AppleGoogle Current One Year Two Years Current Prior Current Prior Year YearYear Year Key Figure Year Prior Prior Net income Net sales . VW30,474,764 W 23,845,285 W13,759,043 .228,692,667 20,103,613 65,001,77 Profit margin... Total asset turnover.. 21.7% 26.7% 21.6% 21.4% 0.89 07 0.58 0.60