Corporate Financial Accounting
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Author: Carl Warren, Jeff Jones
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.7MAD
Analyze J. C. Penney
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP) is a large general merchandise retailer in the United States. The following data (in millions) were obtained from its financial statements for four recent years:
a. Compute the asset turnover ratio for each year. Round to two decimal places.
b. Plot the asset turnover ratio on a line chart with the year on the horizontal axis.
c. 
Interpret the trend in this ratio over the four years.
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