CHAPTERCASE 5 presents a firm profitability analysis for Apple and BlackBerry in fiscal year 2012. Although the analysis presented therein allows us to answer the two key questions we set out to accomplish (accurately assess firm performance and compare it to competi-tors). keep in mind that this is a static analysis. It covers only one fiscal year. We basically take a snapshot of a moving target. To obtain a more complete picture, man-agers need to engage in a dynamic analysis, repeating this over a number of years. This will allow managers to identify when and where things went wrong (in the case for BlackBerry) and how to get back on track. Questions Exhibit 5.12 shows key financial data for Apple and BlackBerry for the three fiscal years 2010-2012. (Five years' worth of data, 2008-2012, and related analysis are available online in Connect.) Using the financial ratios presented in the five tables in the "How to Con-duct a Case Analysis" module (near the back of the text, after the MiniCases), do the following.