Problem:
While the industry average ROE is about 15%, average profit margin of 50%, asset efficiency of 10%, and leverage ratio of 3, the ROE for ABC, Inc., using data from January 2011, was 8.00% on an average shareholder's equity of $25,000,000. Revenue last year for ABC was $6,000,000 using $80,000,000 in assets. Your boss, the CIO, has asked you to prepare some ideas to present at the next Strategy Assessment.
Required:
Based on your understanding of the DuPont Formula, what observations/recommendation could you make to management about the existing business model?
Solve the numerical problem and show all work.