Reference no: EM132475892
Best Buy is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, including personal computers, entertainment software, and appliances. Best Buy operates retail stores in addition to the Best Buy, Media Play, On Cue, and Magnolia Hi-Fi websites.
For two recent years, Best Buy reported the following (in millions):
Year 2 Year 1
Sales $39,528 $40.339
Accounts receivable at end of year 1,162 1,280
Assume that the accounts receivable (in millions) were $1,308 at the beginning of fiscal Year 1.
Question 1: Compute the accounts receivable turnover for Year 2 and Year 1. Round to two decimal places.
Question 2: Compute the days' sales in receivables at the end of Year 2 and Year 1. Use 365 days and round to one decimal place.
Question 3: What conclusions can be drawn from (1) and (2) regarding Best Buy's efficiency in collecting receivables?
Question 4: What assumption did we make about sales for the Best Buy ratio computations that might distort the ratios and therefore cause the ratios not to be comparable for Year 2 and Year 1?