BYP18-1

Your parents are considering investing in Apple Inc. common stock. They ask you, as an accounting expert, to make an analysis company for them. Apples financial statements are presented in Appendix A. Instructions for accessing and using the companys complete annual report, including the notes to the financial statements, are also provided in Appendix A.

Instructions

Make a 3-year trend analysis, using 2011 as the base year, of (1) net sales and (2) net income. Comment on the significance of the trend results.

Compute for 2013 and 2012 the profit margin, (2) asset turnover, (3) return on assets, and (4) return on common stockholders equity. How would you evaluate Apples profitability? Total assets at September 24, 2011 were $ 116,371 and total stockholders equity at September 2011, was $ 76,615.

Compute for 2013 and 2012 the (1) debt to assets ratio and (2) times interest earned. How would you evaluate Apples long-term solvency?

What information outside the annual report may also be useful to your parents in making a decision about Apple?