This is for Amazon Inc. you will complete ratio analysis of THE COMPANY. Please remember that you
Question:
This is for Amazon Inc. you will complete ratio analysis of THE COMPANY. Please remember that you are the financial analyst of THE COMPANY and should prepare the report to be read by the chairman (CEO) of THE COMPANY. The ratio analysis should be completed from the point of view of THE COMPANY's the management.
- Collect the following ratios for your COMPANY for the last 3 years. Present the ratios as the table(s) in your project. Create graphs for some ratios on your choice to show trends. If you use published ratios you must cite the source.
- Profitability ratios (Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin)
- Debt/Equity and Financial Leverage ratios
- Return on Investment ratios (ROA, ROE)
c) analysis of the ratio results that you found. In your analysis you should answer the following questions:
- Have the company's ROA and ROE changed over the last three years? What was the main factor that influenced this change? To answer this question, apply DuPont analysis and three factors of the DuPont formula: Net profit margin, asset turnover, financial leverage. What ratio(s) has (have) been changed mostly over these three years and why?
- Compare the ratios of you company to the peer competitor. If the management of the company would like to improve the company's return on equity, what should the management of the company do?
-3- Develop a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale, as to whether the assigned company's recent results in financial performance is of sufficient financial strength, will THE COMPANY be financially sustainable over the next two to three years, and which steps should be done to improve its financial stability? If the management of the company would like to improve the company's financial performance, what should the management of THE COMPANY do? Your recommendations should be based on the results of the analysis in the project.
-4- Reflection - reflect on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace.
Entrepreneurial Finance
ISBN: 978-1305968356
6th edition
Authors: J. Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher