Reference no: EM131367600
Assignment
Purpose of Assignment
Students should understand how to use the financial information and tools learned in the class on a public company, obtain public company SEC reports, and use that data to calculate a company's financial ratios and their comparison to industry or competitor standards.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Tutorial help on Excel and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products.
Select one of the publicly traded corporations listed below and obtain the most current SEC Form 10-K (annual financial report) from the company's web site (Do not use the Annual Report that is sent to shareholders):
• Lowes Corporation
• Kroger Corporation
• Harley Davidson Corporation
• Apple Corporation
• Intel Corporation
• Marriott Corporation My choice.
• Berkshire Hathaway Corporation
• PepsiCo Corporation
• Procter and Gamble Corporation
• General Electric Corporation
Calculate and analyze the following ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC Form 10-K:
• Current Ratio
• Inventory Turnover
• Debt Ratio
• Time Interest Earned
• Gross Profit Margin
• Equity Multiplier
• Return on Assets
• Net Profit Margin
• Return on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method)
Compare and contrast your company's ratios to industry and competitor standard ratios obtained from Yahoo Finance, Morningstar, MotleyFool, Macroaxis or other Internet sources, and provide a detailed answer and analysis as to why your company's ratios are different than the industry/competitor standard.
Prepare your analysis in a minimum of 875 words in Microsoft Word. The use of Microsoft Word tables is encouraged.
Cite the source of the industry/competitor ratio information.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
|
Variety of people interacting in an interpersonal manner
: Locate a public place where you are able to observe a variety of people interacting in an interpersonal manner. describe the types of nonverbal communication that you are seeing, the contexts in which they occur, and how people are responding to thes..
|
|
Why do some compensation packages have a hardship allowance
: Why do some compensation packages have a hardship allowance?- In terms of compensation, why do many MNEs prefer to use a local manager rather than bring in an expatriate?
|
|
Organizational design theory and philosophy
: The historical stages of organizational design theory and philosophy have transmuted from the ancient church and military models of vertical structure based on discipline and authority to a modern horizontal structure for the purpose of encouragin..
|
|
How those decisions are applied in use of force decisions
: Next, in your written assignment, you are to take a position on this case, not based on emotion, but based on the facts and the two applicable pieces of case law we covered this week; Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386, 109 S. Ct. (1989) and Tennessee..
|
|
Calculate current ratio inventory turnover and debt ratio
: Calculate and analyze the Current Ratio, Inventory Turnover, Debt Ratio, Time Interest Earned, Gross Profit Margin, Equity Multiplier, Return on Assets, Net Profit Margin and Return on Equity.
|
|
How are mnes attempting to improve the language training
: How does industrial democracy work? Compare and contrast its use in Denmark, Germany, and Japan.- How are MNEs attempting to improve the language training given to their personnel being posted overseas?
|
|
Description of your proposed pilot program
: Description of your proposed program that you developed. Description of your proposed pilot program. Describe a small scale program that will help to determine the feasibility of your final project
|
|
In developing required competencies-leaders can select
: Eric was charged with attempted murder. His defense was that he was insane at the time of the act. A jury accepted Eric's defense. Eric will: In developing required competencies, leaders can select a “_____” or “_____” approach.
|
|
Utilization of health care services
: Analyze the factors that drive people to seek health care and determine which have the biggest impact on you. Provide specific examples to support your response.
|