Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the inventory section of two companies using basic comparative analysis, and to interpret the data to gain insight about the company's inventory management.

Assignment Steps

Resources:Appendices D and E located inFinancial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Note: While the data are not from the same year, inferences can be drawn regarding inventory management of the two companies.

Write a 1,050word comparative analysis using the financial statements of Amazon.com, Inc. presented in Appendix D, and the financial statements for WalMart Stores, Inc., presented in Appendix E, including the following:

• Compute the 2014 values for Amazon.com and the 2015 values for WalMart based on the information in the financial statements:Inventory turnover (Use cost of sales and inventories)
• Days of inventory
• Conclusions concerning the management of the inventory can you draw from this data.

Show work on Excelspreadsheet andsubmit with analysis. Please follow APA formating guidelines for your analysis and include relevant research (citations and references) that back up your conclusions. Refer to your APAmanual (you are REQUIRED to have one) and visit the Center for Writing Excellence in the library for help with APA formatting, avoiding plagiarism, and properly citing your sources. Also, please use theAPA template provided in your course materials!