Amazon.com, Inc.’s financial statements are presented in Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented in Appendix E.

Instructions

(a) Based on the information contained in these financial statements, determine the following for each company.

(1) Total assets at December 31, 2014, for Amazon and for Wal-Mart at January 31, 2015.

(2) Receivables (net) at December 31, 2014, for Amazon and for Wal-Mart at January 31, 2015.

(3) Net sales (product only) for the year ended in 2014 (2015 for Wal-Mart).

(4) Net income for year ended in 2014 (2015 for Wal-Mart).

(b) What conclusions concerning these two companies can be drawn from these data?