In 2005 IBM had an ROE of 26.7%, but Hewlett-Packards ROE was only 6.4%. Use the DuPont
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In 2005 IBM had an ROE of 26.7%, but Hewlett-Packard’s ROE was only 6.4%. Use the DuPont framework to identify possible reasons for this difference based on the data below:
IBM | HP | |
NOPAT/Sales | 9.0% | 2.7% |
Sales/Net Assets | 2.16 | 2.73 |
Effective After-Tax Interest Rate | 2.4% | 1.1% |
Net Financial Leverage | 0.42 | -0.16 |
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ISBN: 978-1111972301
5th edition
Authors: Paul M. Healy
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