Module 7

Book: Financial Reporting & Analysis 13 Edition

Final Statement Analysis

Choose a publicly traded company and perform an expanded analysis on the financial statements. Use the most current 10K statements available on SEC or annual statements in Yahoo Finance. Complete the following for your chosen firm in an Excel spreadsheet: Company Chosen: Amazon

***https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMZN/financials?p=AMZN***

Horizontal and vertical analysis of the income statements for the past three years (all yearly balances set as a percentage of total revenues for that year). Horizontal and vertical analysis of the balance sheets for the past three years (all yearly balances set as a percentage of total assets for that year). Ratio analysis (eight ratios of your choosing) for the past three years PLUS a measurement for the creditworthiness of your firm as measured by Altmans Z-score. Note that if you used your chosen firm for our ratio-related discussion posts, then you MUST also present industry-average ratios or current year competitor ratios for your ratio analysis. Comparing your firms ratios to a close competitor or an industry-average ratio makes your analysis much more meaningful.