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

Exercise 52

Fixed asset turnover ratio
Verizon Communications is a major telecommunications company in the United States. Two recent balance sheets for Verizon disclosed the following information regarding fixed assets:

Verizon's revenue for Year 2 was $115,846 million. Assume the fixed asset turnover for the telecommunications industry averages approximately 1.10.
a. Determine Verizon's fixed asset turnover ratio for Year 2. Round to two decimal places.
b. Interpret Verizon's fixed asset turnover ratio.