Purpose of Assignment

Students should understand how to use the financial information and tools learned in the class on a public company, obtain public company SEC reports, and use that data to calculate a company's financial ratios and their comparison to industry or competitor standards.

Assignment Steps

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Selectone of the publicly traded corporations listed below and obtain the most current SEC Form 10-K (annual financial report) from the company's web site (Do not use the Annual Report that is sent to shareholders):

• Lowes Corporation
• Kroger Corporation
• Harley Davidson Corporation
• Apple Corporation
• Intel Corporation
• Marriott Corporation
• Berkshire Hathaway Corporation
• PepsiCo Corporation
• Procter and Gamble Corporation
• General Electric Corporation

Calculateandanalyzethe following ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC Form 10-K:

• Current Ratio
• Inventory Turnover
• Debt Ratio
• Time Interest Earned
• Gross Profit Margin
• Equity Multiplier
• Return on Assets
• Net Profit Margin
• Return on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method)