Q$1$ Use the information below for J$.$C$.$ Penney and Intel to answer the following questions.

a$.$ Calculate the values for $($A$)$ and $($X$).$ Revenue for INTC is more than $(2$ times $/10$ times$)$ greater than revenue for JCP$,$ whereas net income for INTC is approximately $(2$ times $/10$ times $/30$ times$)$ greater than net income for JCP$.$

b$.$ Examine the relationship between Sales Revenue and Net Income.

$($JCP $/$ INTC$)$ corporation is generating the most net income from each dollar of revenue.

This relationship is measured by the $($ROS $/$ Asset Turnover $/$ ROA$)$ ratio.

Calculate ROS and record in the space provided above.

ROS of $($JCP $/$ INTC$)$ is clearly much higher, revealing that $($JCP $/$ INTC$)$ has a greater ability to translate revenue into profits; keep expenses under control. But does the higher ROS mean that one company is better than the other company? $($Yes $/$ No$),$ because these companies are from different industries, and ROS averages $($are the same $/$ differ$)$ among industries.

Q$2$ Let's examine three companies within the Personal Computer Systems industry. Use the chart below to answer the following questions. Stock symbols are shown in parentheses.

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Personal Computer Systems$],[$Industry$],[$FYE $2011]],\backslash$table$[[$Industry$],[$Average$]],\backslash$table$[[$Apple$],[$Computer$],[($AAPL$)]],\backslash$table$[[$DELL$],[($DELL$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Hewlett$],[$Packard$],[($HPQ$)]]],[$Return on Sales $($ROS$),12\mathrm{.}1\%,29\mathrm{.}54\%,5\mathrm{.}67\%,7\mathrm{.}61\%$