The textbook authors discuss a variety of financial ratios, and divide them into

five categories. Choose three categories and calculate a financial ratios from each category for

Walmart for the last two fiscal years

$($

$2$

$0$

$2$

$1$

$$and

$2$

$0$

$2$

$2$

$)$

$.$

$$Make sure to select ratios that you think

opening a new supercenter will affect, and explain your reasoning. Identify a competitor of

Walmart, calculate the same ratios for that competitor, and contrast the results for the two

companies over the two most recent years. Explain why you selected this competitor. Describe

how the decisions made by management, marketing and operations functions of the company can

impact, and hopefully improve, these financial ratios.