Objectives of the Project:

To read a financial statement.

To become familiar with the typical contents of an annual report.

To assess the liquidity, solvency, and profitability of a company using ratio analysis and vertical analysis.

Nike (CIK # 0000320187)

Using the template provided, provide a written summary, in paragraph form, for each of the items below. Provide the proper citing when necessary.

Company Description: Identify the services or products the company provides, the major industries in which they compete, geographical locations in which they do business, and major competitors.

Chart Stock Price: Using Yahoo! Finance, indicate the exchange on which the shares of the company are traded and the ticker symbol. List the closing price for the week ending on Friday and the profit/loss.

Income Statement: Prepare a common-sized income statement (vertical analysis) for the most recent two years. What is the trend of Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, Expenses, and Net Income of the company? Comment on any other significant changes.

Balance Sheet: What have been the trends in growth/decline of assets, liabilities and stockholders' equity? Review the long-term liability section of the balance sheet and describe the types of debt financing. How many shares of stock does the company have outstanding?

Statement of Cash Flows: The cash flow statement is divided into 3 areas: operating, investing, and financing. What are the major cash flow items in each area? What is the trend of cash flows over the most recent two-year period? Does the company have a positive cash flow from operations? What was the amount of cash flow generated from operations?

Stockholders' Equity Statement/Shareholders' Equity: Has the company paid dividends (cash or stock)? If so, what was the amount of the cash dividend? What classes of stock does the company have? Are there any prior period adjustments, stock issuances or treasury stock evident in the past year?

Liquidity and Solvency Ratios and Conclusions: Compute the following ratios for the most recent two years, show all values in the computations:

Current ratio

Accounts receivable turnover

Debt ratio (Total Liabilities/Total Assets, as a percentage)

Debt-to-equity ratio

Based on the results above, what conclusions can you make about the liquidity and solvency of the company?

Profitability Ratios and Conclusions: Compute the following profitability ratios of the company for the most recent two years, show all values in the computations:

Asset Turnover

Profit margin ratio (Net Income/Net Sales)

Return on total assets (Net Income/Average Total Assets)

Return on stockholders' equity

Basic Earnings per share (EPS)

Based on the results above, what conclusions can you make about the company's overall profitability and efficient use of assets?

Notes to the Financial Statements: This should be the most interesting part of your reading. Start with Note 1, which is usually the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Choose two of the notes to the financial statements and briefly describe them.

Auditor's Opinion: What are the auditors willing to say about the financial statements? What type of audit opinion does this annual report contain (Unqualified, Qualified, Disclaimer of opinion, Adverse)? What does this opinion mean?

Conclusions: In your opinion, what is the most interesting part of the annual report and why? What is the least interesting and why? What is your prognosis for this company? Do you foresee success, failure, market leadership, stagnation, improvement, or decline? Why? You may point to economic, political, regulatory, resource, market, or other factors that will have an impact on the success of the company.