To-do 4.25 1. Answer questions 1 through 3. Is there a 'story' that explains why GP% went up. 5G&A% went up, and inventory T/0 went down over time? Where they unconnected outcome, or was there possibly a story that connects the various ratio moves. A very big difference COGS and 5&G, gross margin is lot for last 3 years, but 5GE&A much much more, inventory / FA turnover is slower/less, weaker FA turnover ging to give weaker SG&A, it is messay case. One house is spot less and other hpise is messy. Really good in one cose and bad in other cost. 3% high SG&A, 5% ... can you connect the dots of the questions, big increase in SG&A, gross margin, high FA/Inventory, company has increased the revenue, increase no of employees increased compared to revenue, employee headcount has increased a lot, stock is npt moving guickly, higher SG&A, want to upskill themselves, expect higher gross gross margin, Look at the spreadsheet titled "additional data for 4.25". Do the data support or refute the answer you gave to #27_ - Look at the link below. particularhy at the stock price graph. How does the additional data help you understand the stock price graph. - comparing the dollar - based on ratio. not raw number, explanation - reason why return on assets has went down, provide reason, statement of explanation should be why it has happened. Profit margin, return on assets, etc, https-//www. macrotrends. net/stocks/charts/ANF/abercrombie-fitch/pe-ratio To-do - 4.29 1. Answer guestions & and B in the book - MC donalnads, wrinkles number getting worse MC - numbers improved over time, no complication in growth Explain how and which ratio values differ for the two companies because they have different strategies. One company operates most of the stores and one company franchises most of the stores (i.e., does not operate most stores). - to work systematically, describe the ratios, high turnover rations, margins and turnover would be different, and explain which ration, how ratios differ from each other