Review Samsungs financial statements in Appendix A and identify its (a) Total assets as of December 31,

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Review Samsung’s financial statements in Appendix A and identify its

(a) Total assets as of December 31, 2017,and December 31, 2016,

(b) Operating profit for the year ended December 31, 2017.


Required

1. Assume Samsung’s target income is 12% of average assets. Compute Samsung’s residual income for 2017 using operating profit (in millions of Korean won).

2. Compute Samsung’s return on investment (in percent) for 2017 using operating profit. Round to two decimals.

3. Compute Apple’s return on investment (in percent) for fiscal 2017 using operating income (from Appendix A). Round to two decimals.

4. Using the answers for parts 2 and 3, which company (Samsung or Apple) had the higher return on investment?


Data from Samsung


 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION December 31, 2017 December

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS For the year ended December 31

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