Reference no: EM132645374
Question - The Global Products Corporation has three subsidiaries.
Medical Supplies Heavy Machinery Electronics
Sales $20,850,000 $5,120,000 $4,850,000
Net income (after taxes) 1,350,000 473,000 346,000
Assets 8,660,000 8,770,000 3,440,000
Required -
a-1. Compute the return on sales.
a-2. Which division has the lowest return on sales?
Medical Supplies
Electronics
Heavy Machinery
b-1. Compute the return on assets?
b-2. Which division has the highest return on assets?
Medical Supplies
Heavy Machinery
Electronics
c. Compute the return on assets for the entire corporation.
d. If the $8,770,000 investment in the heavy machinery division is sold and redeployed in the medical supplies subsidiary at the same rate of ROA currently achieved in the medical supplies division, what will be the new ROA for the entire corporation?