Question - Apply DuPont Disaggregation of ROE
Selected balance sheet and income statement information for Home Depot follows.
$ millions Jan. 31, 2016 Feb. 01, 2015
Operating assets $40,333 $38,223
Nonoperating assets 2,216 1,723
Total assets 42,549 39,946
Operating liabilities 14,918 13,427
Nonoperating liabilities 21,315 17,197
Total liabilities 36,233 30,624
Total stockholders' equity 6,316 9,322
Sales 88,519
Net operating profit before tax (NOPBT) 11,774
Nonoperting expense before tax 753
Tax expense 4,012
Net income 7,009
Round answers to two decimal places (ex: 0.12345 = 12.35%)
a. Compute ROE and disaggregate the ratio into its DuPont components of ROA and financial leverage.
b. Disaggregate ROA in to profitability and productivity components.