Accounting 26th Edition by Carl Warren ,Jim Reeve ,Jonathan Duchac

Exercise 14

Comparing inventory ratios for three companies
The general merchandise retail industry has a number of segments represented by the following companies:

For a recent year, the following cost of merchandise sold and beginning and ending inventories have been provided from corporate annual reports (in millions) for these three companies:
a. Determine the inventory turnover ratio for all three companies. Round to one decimal place.
b. Determine the number of days' sales in inventory for all three companies. Use 365 days and round to one decimal place.
c. Interpret these results based on each company's merchandise concept.