Question: Best Buy reported the following selected information for its three most recent fiscal years (in U.S. $ millions): Instructions (a) Calculate the gross profit margin
Best Buy reported the following selected information for its three most recent fiscal years (in U.S. $ millions):
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Instructions
(a) Calculate the gross profit margin and profit margin for Best Buy for each of the three years.
(b) Comment on whether the ratios have improved or deteriorated over the past three years.
(c) Recalculate the profit margin for the three years using income from operations instead of net income. Does this result in a different trend than you saw in part (a)? If yes, what might be the reason for this change?
2016 2015 2014 $39,528 $40,339 $40,611 30,334 31,292 31,212 Income from operations 1,375 1,450 1,144 807 1,246 695 Net sales Cost of goods sold Net income
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in USD millions a Gross profit margin 2016 39528 30334 39528 233 2015 40339 31292 40339 224 2014 406... View full answer
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