This assessment addresses the following course objective(s):

• Analyze balance sheet equity entries.

  Throughout this course you have been researching one of the following companies:

• Target (TGT)
• Walmart (WMT)
• Walgreens (WAG)
• CVS (CVS)
• Kroger (KR)

You have been sharing research you have found in the weekly discussions and compiled a list of resources supporting your research and opinion. In unit 5, you submitted a reference list to support your research into the financial health of your company.

In unit 6 you submitted the ratio analysis after compiling three years of data for your company.

You are now ready to prepare to complete a financial analysis on the company that you have been following this term.

In this assignment you will complete a 4-5 page paper discussing the companys financial health through a discussion of the ratio calculations. The ratios should be the basis for your discussion looking at the trends determining which areas are improving and eroding. Be sure to make a final conclusion as to your opinion of the overall health of your company. Your paper should be supported with at least four outside references beyond the textbook and Hoovers.

Paper Outline

1. Introduction
2. Provide background about the company
3. Discussion the companys liquidity ratios
4. Discuss the company management ratios
5. Discuss the companys debt ratios
6. Discuss the companys profitability ratios
7. Discuss the companys market ratios
8. Discuss the overall assessment of the financial health of the company
9. Conclusion