Via does business in three different business segments 1. Entertainment, publishing, information, and consumer/ commercial finance. Results for a recent year were as follows.
|
revenue
|
operating income
|
total assets
|
|
entertainment
|
$1,050
|
$210
|
$1,000
|
|
publishing/information
|
$700
|
$140
|
$1,400
|
|
consumer/commercial finance
|
$1,060
|
$265
|
$848
|
1.Compute the following for each business segment:
a.Return on sales
b.Capital turnover
c.ROI
2.Comment on the differences in ROI among the business segments. Include reasons for the differences.