ACC 101 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS PROJECT

Objective: to understand the importance and significance, of accounting information for making business decisions.

1.You are required to research selected financial information from one of the companies listed below.The financial information will be related to the chapter subject matter being studied in class.The student will get a better understanding of the relevance and importance of the subject matter and the story that the accounting records and statistics create of the financial position of the company.

No.

Name

Symbol

1

Target Corporation

TGT

2

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WMT

3

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

HD

4

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

LOW

5

Nike

NKE

6

Adidas

ADDYY

7

Michael Kors

K

2.Download the two (2) most recent 10-K financial statements for the company.You need two (2) years of data.

Download the most recent 10-K financial statements.

Financial statements 10-K MUST be accessed through the SEC website: http://www.sec.gov/

a)Click on the "COMPANY FILINGS" link

b)Type in the Company's Name into the "COMPANY NAME" diagonal box, or type in the Company's Symbol into the "FAST SEARCH" diagonal box and hit "SEARCH".

c)If you had search from the "COMPANY NAME" diagonal box, you will be prompted to click on the "CIK" link and then select the "10-K" link under the "FILINGS" header.If you had searched from the "FAST SEARCH" diagonal box, you will be prompted directly to the "FILINGS" header and then select the "10-K" link.

d)Select the "INTERACTIVE DATA" format and print out the Excel spreadsheet of the financial statements (Income Statements Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flow, and Statement of Owner's Equity).

e)You can also access the selected company's 10-K information from http://www.finance.yahoo.com.You can search by the company's name or symbol.