1. Compute the five component ratios of a decomposition of ROE (net profit margin, total asset turnover,...
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- 1. Compute the five component ratios of a decomposition of ROE (net profit margin, total asset turnover, return on assets, financial leverage, return on equity) for IBM's fiscal years 2016-2019 (present your results)
- 2. What patterns do you see? What are the implications of these patterns?
- 3. Compute each segment's revenue as a percentage of IBM total revenues by quarter.
- 4. What patterns do you see? What are the implications of these patterns?
- 5. Compute the gross margin percentage, by quarter, for each of IBM's segments (present your results).
- 6. What patterns do you see? What are the implications of these patterns?
- 7. Compute the year-to-year change, by quarter, in Revenues for each of IBM's business segments (present your results).
- 8. What patterns to you see? What are the implications of these patterns?
- 9. Compute the year-to-year change in gross margin percentage, by quarter, for each of IBM's segments (present your results).
- 10. What patterns to you see? What are the implications of these patterns?
- 11. Which segment(s) are positively (negatively) influencing IBM's recent performance? What are the implications of this?
- 12. What does your analysis indicate regarding IBM's future performance?
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