computing Return on Equity Starbucks reports net income for 2015 of $2,503.4 million, Its stockholders' equity is $5,938 million and 56,484 million for 2014 and 2015, respectively. a. Compute its return on equity for 2015. Round answer to one decimal place (ex: 0.2345 23.5%) %6 b. Starbucks repurchased over $1.4 billion of its common stock in 2015. Did this repurchase increase or decrease Starbucks' ROE? OROE usually decreases since the repurchase of shares reduces the denominator (avg. stockholders' equity) CROE usually increases since the repurchase of shares reduces the denominator (avg. stockholders' equity), OROE usually increases since the repurchase of shares increases the denominator (avg, stockholders' equity), OROE usually decreases since the repurchase of shares increases the denominator (avg, stockholders' equity) c. If Starbucks had not repurchased common stock in 2015, what would ROE have been? Note: Round answer to one decimal place (example: 20.6%), Previous Save Answers