Purpose of Assignment\tStudents 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.\tAssignment Steps\u00a0\tResources:\u00a0Tutorial help on Excel\u00ae\u00a0and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft\u00aeOffice\u00ae\u00a0website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products.\u00a0\tSelect\u00a0one 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):\t\t\tLowes Corporation\t\t\tKroger Corporation\t\t\tHarley Davidson Corporation\t\t\tApple Corporation\t\t\tIntel Corporation\t\t\tMarriott Corporation\t\t\tBerkshire Hathaway Corporation\t\t\tPepsiCo Corporation\t\t\tProcter and Gamble Corporation\t\t\tGeneral Electric Corporation\tCalculate\u00a0and\u00a0analyze\u00a0the following ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC Form 10-K:\t\t\tCurrent Ratio\t\t\tInventory Turnover\t\t\tDebt Ratio\t\t\tTime Interest Earned\t\t\tGross Profit Margin\t\t\tEquity Multiplier\t\t\tReturn on Assets\t\t\tNet Profit Margin\t\t\tReturn on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method)\tCompare\u00a0and\u00a0contrast\u00a0your 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.\tPrepare\u00a0your analysis in a minimum of 875 words in Microsoft\u00ae\u00a0Word. The use of Microsoft\u00aeWord tables is encouraged.\tCite\u00a0the source of the industry\/competitor ratio information.\tFormat\u00a0your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.\u00a0\tClick\u00a0the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.\u00a0\tNote:\u00a0Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his\/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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