It is difficult to tell whether Waystation is more or less efficient than Handy Corner at using its fixed assets. Based on the reported financial numbers, Waystation’s fixed asset turnover is 3.08 whereas the ratio for Handy Corner is only 2.8. However, as shown in part (2), this difference may be because of a difference between carrying amount and fair value of reported long-term assets. If Handy Corner has relatively new fixed assets, for which the carrying amount is quite close to the fair value, then Waystation’s 2.17 fixed asset turnover ratio, based on fair values, is worse than the 2.8 ratio value for Handy Corner.