Financial Statement Analysis
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Updated on: 07/28/2015 03:00 AM Due on: 07/31/2015
Financial Statement Analysis
Starbucks and Panerabreads
Our purpose this week: learning how to measure the performance of companies by analyzing their financial statements. Show us that you have read and understood the required readings, links and attached files - quote them where appropriate.
Assignment:
You are the assistant to the CEO of a major company. Your CEO keeps an eye on the competition, and asks you to do the following. Using ratio analysis, compare two major competitors in the same industry.
Instructions:
Pick any two U.S. public companies in the same industry.
One of your two companies can be the same company you used in Week 2.
Select the 10 most important financial ratios for your two companies and calculate each for the last 2 fiscal years using Excel.
Follow the same format as in the examples posted in the file attached in the Week 3 Conference for the Drugstore Chains example.
Use the "Compare" worksheet. The "W", "C", "Profiles" and "Z Score" worksheets are not required, and nor is the Dupont Analysis.
Create a single Excel file for your entire assignment.
You may obtain financial information and the companies' latest annual reports on the web directly from MSN Money or Yahoo Finance or Morningstar. For additional information, look for the SEC Form10-K link from one of the MSN Money, or Morningstar, or Yahoo Finance financial sites.
You should calculate, and comment upon, all 10 financial ratios for the last 2 fiscal years.
All calculations should be shown, and all answers should be thoroughly explained.
It is useful to compare financial ratios for a company with financial ratios of its industry. Industry financial ratios can be found on Morningstar.com, Yahoo Finance and MSN Money.
When using balance sheet items to calculate ratios, for each year be sure to average the beginning-of-year and end-of-year amounts to get the average for that year.
What can you tell from your analysis? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each company? Which is the stronger competitor? Give your reasons.
Your Excel file should be attached to the “Week 3 Individual Assignment” link in the Assignment folder.
I have included the file that just needs to be updated with the current information for CVS and Walgreens. The excel file tab W is walgreens, which needs to include the current information, and C is CVS, which needs to include the current information.
Starbucks and Panerabreads
Our purpose this week: learning how to measure the performance of companies by analyzing their financial statements. Show us that you have read and understood the required readings, links and attached files - quote them where appropriate.
Assignment:
You are the assistant to the CEO of a major company. Your CEO keeps an eye on the competition, and asks you to do the following. Using ratio analysis, compare two major competitors in the same industry.
Instructions:
Pick any two U.S. public companies in the same industry.
One of your two companies can be the same company you used in Week 2.
Select the 10 most important financial ratios for your two companies and calculate each for the last 2 fiscal years using Excel.
Follow the same format as in the examples posted in the file attached in the Week 3 Conference for the Drugstore Chains example.
Use the "Compare" worksheet. The "W", "C", "Profiles" and "Z Score" worksheets are not required, and nor is the Dupont Analysis.
Create a single Excel file for your entire assignment.
You may obtain financial information and the companies' latest annual reports on the web directly from MSN Money or Yahoo Finance or Morningstar. For additional information, look for the SEC Form10-K link from one of the MSN Money, or Morningstar, or Yahoo Finance financial sites.
You should calculate, and comment upon, all 10 financial ratios for the last 2 fiscal years.
All calculations should be shown, and all answers should be thoroughly explained.
It is useful to compare financial ratios for a company with financial ratios of its industry. Industry financial ratios can be found on Morningstar.com, Yahoo Finance and MSN Money.
When using balance sheet items to calculate ratios, for each year be sure to average the beginning-of-year and end-of-year amounts to get the average for that year.
What can you tell from your analysis? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each company? Which is the stronger competitor? Give your reasons.
Your Excel file should be attached to the “Week 3 Individual Assignment” link in the Assignment folder.
I have included the file that just needs to be updated with the current information for CVS and Walgreens. The excel file tab W is walgreens, which needs to include the current information, and C is CVS, which needs to include the current information.
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Solution: Financial Statement Analysis