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Income statements and balance sheets follow for Microsoft Corporation. Refer to these financial statements to answer the requirements.
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a. Compute net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) for 2016 and 2015. Assume that combined federal and state statutory tax rates are 37% for both years.
b. Compute net operating assets (NOA) for 2016 and 2015. Assume Equity and other investments are operating assets.
c. Compute return on net operating assets (RNOA) for 2016 and 2015. Net operating assets are $26,720 million in 2014.
d. Compute return on equity (ROE) for 2016 and 2015. (Stockholders' equity in 2014 is $89,784 million.)
e. What is nonoperating return component of ROE for 2016 and 2015?
f. Comment on the difference between ROE and RNOA. What inference do you draw from this comparison
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