Project instructions:
Select a public company that interests you and identify its major competitor for this project. Obtain the company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K. The Form 10-K is a company’s annually required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It includes the company’s financial statements and accompanying notes. The Form 10-K can be obtained either (a) by referring to the investor relations section of the company’s website or (b) by using the company search feature of the SEC’s EDGAR database service found at
www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.htmlLinks to an external site.
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For the company chosen, complete the following(A-F):
A. Name of the corporation
B. State of incorporation
C. Nature of its operations
D Based on the information contained in the financial statements for the most recent year answer the following questions in a power point format.
What depreciation methods does the company used to compute depreciation expense?
How much depreciation expense does the company report on its income statement?
What is the initial cost of the company’s fixed assets?
What is the book value of the company’s fixed assets?
What types of intangible assets, if any, does the company report on its balance sheet?
What amount of current liabilities does the company report on its balance sheet at the end of the most recent year? What types of current liabilities does the company report?
Have current liabilities increased or decreased from the prior year? If so, by what amount?
Does the company disclose any contingent liabilities in the notes to the financial statements? If so, briefly describe the nature of these contingent liabilities.
How much of the company’s long-term debt will come due in the coming year?
E . Analyze the Cash Flow Statements.
Number of days’ sales in inventory
Solvency analysis:
Ratio of liabilities to stockholders’ equity
Times interest earned
Profitability analysis:
Asset turnover
Return on total assets
Earnings per share
Price-earnings ratio