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Please look at three recent corporate annual reports from three different companies (one annual report per company), all within the same industry. One of the reports should come from a U.S. company, one report should come from a company based in a country other than the U.S. (preferably a company that has its stock traded on one of the U.S. stock exchanges [NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ]), and the third company may come from either sector.

Please submit a written answer of what you have learned from reading the three annual reports, including the following:

Please look at three recent corporate annual reports from three different companies (one annual report per company), all within the same industry. One of the reports should come from a U.S. company, one report should come from a company based in a country other than the U.S. (preferably a company that has its stock traded on one of the U.S. stock exchanges [NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ]), and the third company may come from either sector. Please submit a written answer of what you have learned from reading the three annual reports, including the following: Name of corporation Date/period of the report Total amount of short-term investments (listed in \"Assets\" section of the balance sheet) Amount of cash dividends per share declared (if any) The Current Ratio for the most current year and the previous year (formula: Current Assets divided by Current Liabilities) The number of common stock shares issued and outstanding Debt to equity ratio for the most current year and the previous year, expressed as a percentage, i.e. 40%-60% (formula: Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets, then compare with Total Stockholders' Equity divided by Total Assets, with the two numbers adding up to 100%). To explain, if Assets = 10,000,000 Total Liabilities = 4,000,000 and Owners/Stockholders Equity = 6,000,000, then the Debt-to-Equity ratio is 40%-60% The Pretax Net Profit Margin for the most recent year, expressed as a percentage (e.g. 11.2%) (formula: Net Pretax Income divided by Net Sales/Net Revenue) Name of the audit firm that conducted the audit (\"Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm\") Feel free to make any additional comments that you think may be useful to someone who reads your project report, such as \"the company had record profits\" or \"the company was hurt by the drought in the farm belt\" or whatever. You can find annual reports by going to each company's website, or by using Google (or another search engine) and type in \"Starbucks Annual Report\" or \"Orbitz Annual Report\" or similar. Please note that the annual reports for some smaller companies, especially some non-US companies, may not be available online. Please include the Internet links where the annual reports may be found, but please DO NOT INCLUDE copies of the reports themselves. Your answer should be at least 2 pages long but no longer than 4 pages long; typically, students write a half-page to one full page per company. I expect your answer to be clearly written. Please submit this report by Monday, May 9, 2016. To avoid any duplication, I am requesting that you tell me which companies you have chosen by April 27, 2016 (the earlier the better). If two or more people have chosen the same company, then the first person who tells me (verbally or in writing by e-mail, text message or note slipped under my office door) may keep their choice, while the other students will have to choose a different company. Please make sure that at least one of your companies comes from outside the United States, also make sure that all 3 of your companies come from the same industry. Good luck! J.M SMUCKER COMPANY 30th APRIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT Total short term investments = 0 Amount of cash dividend declared by the company=$ 2.56 per share Current ratio= current assets/current liabilities 2,052.3 /1,022.6 2.00 Common stock issued= 300,000,000 Outstanding=119,577,333 Debt to equity ratio 2015= total liabilities/total assets 9,795.7/16,882.6 *100 58% Debts to equity ratio 2015= Total stockholder's equity/total assets 7,086.9/16,882.6 *100 42% Debt to equity 2014= total liabilities/ total assets 885.8/1,539.1 *100 58% Debts to equity ratio 2014= Total stockholders' equity/total assets 5,029.6/ 9,060.2*100 56% Pretax net profit margin 2015=net pretax incomeet sales 523.0/5,692.7*100 9.2% The statement was audited by Independent Registered Public Firm called Ernst and young Link: www.jmsmuckersmcom Google J.M Smucker company annual report 2015 STARBUCK COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT ENDING 27TH SEPTEMBER 2015 Short term investments= $81.3MILLION Cash dividend declared=$0.680 per share Current ratio 2015= current assets/current liabilities 4,352.7/3,653.5 1.19 Current ratio 2014=4,168.7/3,038.7 1.37 Common stock issued=1,485.1 Common stock outstanding=1,499.1 Debt to equity ratio 2015= total liabilities/ total assets 6,626.3/12,446.1*100 53.2% Debt to equity ratio 2014= 5,479.2/10,752.9*100 51% Debt to equity ratio 2015=total stockholder's equity/total assets 5,818.0/12,446.1*100 46.7% Debt to equity ratio 2014=5,272.0/10,752.9*100 49.0% Pretax net profit margin= net pretax income / net sales 3,903.0/ 19,162.7*100 20.4% The company was audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP Link: Google Starbucks 2015 annual report www.starbuck.com BARISTA COFFEE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 Short term investment=82,084 Common stock shares issued=297,091,258 Outstanding shares=295,233,305 Current ratio 2014=current assets / current liabilities 138,112 /3,745,630 0.04 Current ratio 2013=30,737/1,184,339 0.03 Debt to equity ratio 2014=total liabilities/total asset 3,745,630/3,756,207*100 99.7% Debt to equity ratio 2013= 1,184,339/3,396,466*100 34.9% Debt to equity ratio 2014= total shareholders' equity/ total assets -7,036/3,756,207*100 0.2% Debt to equity ratio 2013=2,212,127/3,396,466*100 65.1% Pretax net loss margin=net pretax income/ net sales 3,858,403/ 1,297,957*100 297% The company was audited by DKM Certified Public Accountants Clearwater, Florida Link: Google Baristas Coffee Company 2014 annual report J.M SMUCKER COMPANY 30th APRIL 2015 ANNUAL REPORT Total short term investments = 0 Amount of cash dividend declared by the company=$ 2.56 per share Current ratio= current assets/current liabilities 2,052.3 /1,022.6 2.00 Common stock issued= 300,000,000 Outstanding=119,577,333 Debt to equity ratio 2015= total liabilities/total assets 9,795.7/16,882.6 *100 58% Debts to equity ratio 2015= Total stockholder's equity/total assets 7,086.9/16,882.6 *100 42% Debt to equity 2014= total liabilities/ total assets 885.8/1,539.1 *100 58% Debts to equity ratio 2014= Total stockholders' equity/total assets 5,029.6/ 9,060.2*100 56% Pretax net profit margin 2015=net pretax incomeet sales 523.0/5,692.7*100 9.2% The statement was audited by Independent Registered Public Firm called Ernst and young Link: www.jmsmuckersmcom Google J.M Smucker company annual report 2015 STARBUCK COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT ENDING 27TH SEPTEMBER 2015 Short term investments= $81.3MILLION Cash dividend declared=$0.680 per share Current ratio 2015= current assets/current liabilities 4,352.7/3,653.5 1.19 Current ratio 2014=4,168.7/3,038.7 1.37 Common stock issued=1,485.1 Common stock outstanding=1,499.1 Debt to equity ratio 2015= total liabilities/ total assets 6,626.3/12,446.1*100 53.2% Debt to equity ratio 2014= 5,479.2/10,752.9*100 51% Debt to equity ratio 2015=total stockholder's equity/total assets 5,818.0/12,446.1*100 46.7% Debt to equity ratio 2014=5,272.0/10,752.9*100 49.0% Pretax net profit margin= net pretax income / net sales 3,903.0/ 19,162.7*100 20.4% The company was audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP Link: Google Starbucks 2015 annual report www.starbuck.com BARISTA COFFEE COMPANY ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 Short term investment=82,084 Common stock shares issued=297,091,258 Outstanding shares=295,233,305 Current ratio 2014=current assets / current liabilities 138,112 /3,745,630 0.04 Current ratio 2013=30,737/1,184,339 0.03 Debt to equity ratio 2014=total liabilities/total asset 3,745,630/3,756,207*100 99.7% Debt to equity ratio 2013= 1,184,339/3,396,466*100 34.9% Debt to equity ratio 2014= total shareholders' equity/ total assets -7,036/3,756,207*100 0.2% Debt to equity ratio 2013=2,212,127/3,396,466*100 65.1% Pretax net loss margin=net pretax income/ net sales 3,858,403/ 1,297,957*100 297% The company was audited by DKM Certified Public Accountants Clearwater, Florida Link: Google Baristas Coffee Company 2014 annual report