Assignment Prompt & Instructions
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The Company I'm working on is Walmart.
Questions and instructions provided below.
**files (2)**
– ## Companiesforselection.docx
– ## FinancialRatioAnalysis.docx
**## Companiesforselection.docx**
Each person will be assigned a firm to study for financial analysis. The companies that I have chosen for you to select from are in pairs, so that you may collaborate with a classmate who has chosen the other firm in the pair.
Home Depot/Lowe’s Companies
Kroger/Albertsons
Walmart/Target
Kohl’s/Macy’s
Nike/The Gap
There is also a possibility of Costco and CVS being added to one of the above pairs.
**## FinancialRatioAnalysis.docx**
**Financial Ratio Analysis (Segment 1)**
Prepare a comparison of your firm to 2 other firms being studied in the class, on the following ratios. Also compare your firm to itself for each of the last 3 years (2 additional years beyond your current number).
**Profitability Ratios**
Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Net Margin
**Liquidity Ratios**
Current Ratio, Quick Ratio
**Working Capital Ratios**
Inventory Turnover, a discussion of why A/R turnover & A/P turnover is meaningful in this industry
**Interest Coverage Ratios**
TIE or EBIT/Interest, EBITDA/Interest. A discussion of why the second formula might be more meaningful.
**Leverage Ratios**
Debt/Equity, Debt/Capital, Debt to Enterprise Value. Discuss the meanings of each, and which you believe to be the most important and why.
**Valuation Ratios**
P/E, Price/Book, Enterprise Value to EBIT
Use APA style, and cite your references.
**## FinancialRatioAnalysis.docx**
**Financial Ratio Analysis (Segment 1)**
Prepare a comparison of your firm to 2 other firms being studied in the class, on the following ratios. Also compare your firm to itself for each of the last 3 years (2 additional years beyond your current number).
**Profitability Ratios**
Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Net Margin
**Liquidity Ratios**
Current Ratio, Quick Ratio
**Working Capital Ratios**
Inventory Turnover, a discussion of why A/R turnover & A/P turnover is meaningful in this industry
**Interest Coverage Ratios**
TIE or EBIT/Interest, EBITDA/Interest. A discussion of why the second formula might be more meaningful.
**Leverage Ratios**
Debt/Equity, Debt/Capital, Debt to Enterprise Value. Discuss the meanings of each, and which you believe to be the most important and why.
**Valuation Ratios**
P/E, Price/Book, Enterprise Value to EBIT
Use APA style, and cite your references.
**## Companiesforselection.docx**
Each person will be assigned a firm to study for financial analysis. The companies that I have chosen for you to select from are in pairs, so that you may collaborate with a classmate who has chosen the other firm in the pair.
Home Depot/Lowe’s Companies
Kroger/Albertsons
Walmart/Target
Kohl’s/Macy’s
Nike/The Gap
There is also a possibility of Costco and CVS being added to one of the above pairs.
**## FinancialRatioAnalysis.docx**
**Financial Ratio Analysis (Segment 1)**
Prepare a comparison of your firm to 2 other firms being studied in the class, on the following ratios. Also compare your firm to itself for each of the last 3 years (2 additional years beyond your current number).
**Profitability Ratios**
Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Net Margin
**Liquidity Ratios**
Current Ratio, Quick Ratio
**Working Capital Ratios**
Inventory Turnover, a discussion of why A/R turnover & A/P turnover is meaningful in this industry
**Interest Coverage Ratios**
TIE or EBIT/Interest, EBITDA/Interest. A discussion of why the second formula might be more meaningful.
**Leverage Ratios**
Debt/Equity, Debt/Capital, Debt to Enterprise Value. Discuss the meanings of each, and which you believe to be the most important and why.
**Valuation Ratios**
P/E, Price/Book, Enterprise Value to EBIT
Use APA style, and cite your references.
**## Companiesforselection.docx**
Each person will be assigned a firm to study for financial analysis. The companies that I have chosen for you to select from are in pairs, so that you may collaborate with a classmate who has chosen the other firm in the pair.
Home Depot/Lowe’s Companies
Kroger/Albertsons
Walmart/Target
Kohl’s/Macy’s
Nike/The Gap
There is also a possibility of Costco and CVS being added to one of the above pairs.
**## FinancialRatioAnalysis.docx**
**Financial Ratio Analysis (Segment 1)**
Prepare a comparison of your firm to 2 other firms being studied in the class, on the following ratios. Also compare your firm to itself for each of the last 3 years (2 additional years beyond your current number).
**Profitability Ratios**
Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Net Margin
**Liquidity Ratios**
Current Ratio, Quick Ratio
**Working Capital Ratios**
Inventory Turnover, a discussion of why A/R turnover & A/P turnover is meaningful in this industry
**Interest Coverage Ratios**
TIE or EBIT/Interest, EBITDA/Interest. A discussion of why the second formula might be more meaningful.
**Leverage Ratios**
Debt/Equity, Debt/Capital, Debt to Enterprise Value. Discuss the meanings of each, and which you believe to be the most important and why.
**Valuation Ratios**
P/E, Price/Book, Enterprise Value to EBIT
Use APA style, and cite your references.