Question: Compute ROA, Profit Margin and Asset Turnover for Competitors Selected balance sheet and income statement information from Urban Outfitters, Inc. and TJX Companies, clothing retailers

Compute ROA, Profit Margin and Asset Turnover for Competitors Selected balance sheet and income statement information from Urban Outfitters, Inc. and TJX Companies, clothing retailers in the high-end and value-priced segments, respectively, follows (in millions). 2014 2014 2014 2013 Company Sales EWI* Total Assets Total Assets Urban Outfitters $2,820 $207.4 $1,386 $1,718 TJX Companies 27,068 2,041.0 9,626 8,699 *EWI = Earnings without interest expense a. Compute the 2014 return on assets (ROA) for both companies. Round answers to one decimal place (i.e., 0.2568 = 25.7%). Urban Outfitters % TJX Companies % b. Disaggregate ROA into profit margin (PM) and asset turnover (AT) for each company. Confirm that ROA = PM X AT. Do not round until your final answers. Round PM and ROA to one decimal place (i.e., 0.2568 = 25.7%). Round AT to 3 decimal places. PM AT Urban Outfitters TJX Companies % % ROA % %
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