Question

Exercise 8-22 Evaluating efficient use of assets LO A1 Lok Co. reports net sales of $5,856,480 for Year 2 and $8,679,690 for Year 3. End-of-year balances for total assets are Year 1, $1,686,000; Year 2, $1,800,000; and Year 3, $1,982,000. (1) Compute Lok's total asset turnover for Year 2 and Year 3.

Answer 1

Total asset turnover = Net sales / Average total assets

Year 2:

= 5,856,480 / (1,686,000 + 1,800,000) / 2

= 5,856,480 / 1,743,000

= 3.36

Year 3:

= 8,679,690 / (1,800,000 + 1,982,000) / 2

= 8,679,690 / 1,891,000

= 4.59