Directions

For the company Tesla

• The balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement from the latest fiscal quarter (from Mergent Online)
• The Ratios Most Recent Fiscal Qtr worksheet in the Final Project Financial Formulas workbook (linked in the What to Submit section).
  • example, if the latest fiscal quarter available is the third quarter in 2023, you'll compare those results to the same financial calculations from the third quarter in 2022.

Use the documents to calculate key financial ratios.

Then open the following documents:

• The balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement from the same fiscal quarter one year ago
• The Ratios Same Fiscal Qtr 1 Year Ago worksheet

Use the documents to calculate the same financial ratios. Finally, compare those ratios and analyze your results.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Financial Calculations. Calculate accurate financial formulas to assess the business's current financial health. Specifically, calculate the following formulas using the Ratios Most Recent Fiscal Qtr and the Ratios Same Fiscal Qtr 1 Year Ago worksheets in the Final Project Financial Formulas workbook:
   1. Working capital
   2. Current ratio
   3. Debt ratio
   4. Earnings per share
   5. Price and earnings ratio
   6. Total asset turnover ratio
   7. Financial leverage
   8. Net profit margin
   9. Return on assets
   10. Return on equity
2. Fiscal Quarter Comparison. Summarize the differences between the following:
   1. The results from your financial calculations of the most recent fiscal quarter
   2. The results of the same financial calculations of the same fiscal quarter from one year ago
      1. For example, if the most recent fiscal quarter available is the third quarter in 2023, you'll compare those results to the same financial calculations from the third quarter in 2022.
3. Comparison Analysis. Explain what your calculations and comparison show about the business's current financial health. Give examples to support your explanation for the following questions:
   1. Do the results show the business is financially healthy or unhealthy? Which results indicate this?
   2. What might be the causes of the business's financial success or failure?
   3. Is more information needed to determine the business's financial health? If so, which pieces of information might still be needed?
4. Short-Term Financing. Explain how potential short-term financing sources could help the business raise funds needed to improve its financial health. Base your response on the business's current financial information.