In $2022,$ your small start$-$up company had sales of $$60,000,$ expenses of $$50,000,$ net income of $$10,000,$ assets of $$300,000$ and liabilities of $$200,000.$ In $2023,$ your company grew significantly and had sales of $$900,000,$ expenses of $$550,000,$ net income of $$350,000,$ assets of $$4\mathrm{.}9$ million and liabilities of $$3\mathrm{.}8$ million.

For comparison sake, you have observed the financial characteristics of your direct competitor over the same period of time. In $2022,$ your competitor had sales of $$2$ million, expenses of $$800,000,$ net income of $$1\mathrm{.}2$ million, assets of $$8$ million and liabilities of $$4$ million. In $2023,$ your competitor had sales of $$1\mathrm{.}8$ million, expenses of $$700,000$ net income of $$1\mathrm{.}1$ million, assets of $$7\mathrm{.}8$ million, and liabilities of $$3\mathrm{.}8$ million.

Perform a DuPont analysis and answer the following questions:

a$)$ How has your company changed from $2022$ to $2023?$

b$)$ How has your competitor changed from $2022$ to $2023?$

c$)$ How does your company compare to your competitor?

d$)$ What should you be concerned about at your company? What changes should you consider?