Find online the annual 10-K report for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) for fiscal year 2015 (filed in October 2015). a. Compute Costco's net profit margin, total asset turnover, and equity multiplier.
b. Verify the DuPont Identity for Costco's ROE.
c. If Costco's managers wanted to increase its ROE by percentage point, how much higher would their asset turnover need to be?
a. Compute Costco's net profit margin, total asset turnover, and equity multiplier.
The net profit margin is

a.

The net profit margin is 2.05%.  

The total asset turnover is 3.47.  

The equity multiplier is 3.15.

b.

The ROE is 22.41%.  

c.

The total assets turnover should be 3.76.

The total asset turnover should be 8.36% higher.

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