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A. Based on the information that you have gathered, explain the changes in Ikeas financial ratios. Has anything changed in the few years of financial statements that you have obtained? i. What are the reasons for these changes? Discuss several financial ratios that are derived from the financial statements for your company. How have they changed over the last several years?

B. Based on the information you have gathered, analyze the changes in Ikeas financial reports regarding cash. Be sure to examine the statement of cash flows. i. What are the reasons for these changes? For the analysis of cash make sure you include information on how cash inflows and outflows have changed for each segment of the Statement of the Statement of Cash Flows.

C. Based on the information you have gathered, analyze the changes in IKEAs financial reports regarding the account balance. i. What are the reasons for these changes? What accounts are permanent? Where are they located in the statements? Once you review the permanent accounts what amounts have changed? What are the reasons for these changes? Look to the notes for explanations needed here.

D. Describe the type of valuation method that IKEA uses and explain why it uses this method. i. What are the benefits of this method? Several items reported in the financial statements are valued differently. The main considerations here are related to Inventory Valuation, and Valuation of Investments. Are there any other valuation methods used to report items in the financial statements that you should discuss?

E. Based on industry trends, future plans of your company, and the information you have gathered, predict how your company will perform in the following year compared to competitors. Discuss the industry, your major competitors, and any information gleaned from the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) to respond to the last critical element for this milestone.

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Financial statements

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/yearly_summary/IKEA_Group_Yearly_Summary_2015.pdf

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/img/ad_content/IKEA_Group_Yearly_Summary_2016.pdf

http://www.ikea.com/ms/de_CH/pdf/yearly_summary/ikea-group-yearly-summary-fy14.pdf