completing a financial statement analysis of a publicly traded company and I have chosen to use Wal-Mart. I chose Wal-Mart because it is the only major company that is in my home town. There are a few small hardware stores but nothing as big as Wal-Mart. I also happen to enjoy going to Wal-Mart to do my food shopping and to get everyday household supplies. There is so much to learn about the financial aspects of a business through accounting. It is important to understand financial reports and how
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Name: Khiem Nguyen FINANCIAL ANALYSIS REPORT (Draft 1) For PFIZER INC. Introduction and Shareholder Analysis Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) is involved in the development‚ manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. The industry is intensely competitive. There are a few unique characteristics. Pharmaceutical products have long and expensive development periods – upwards of ten years and $100 million depending on the nature of the drug and the scope of the clinical trials process. In order
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Table of Contents: Company Background *3* Industry Analysis *4* Ratio Analysis *5-8* Ratio Summary *8* Recommendations *9* References *10* Company Background Chipotle Mexican Grill was a concept turned reality by a gentleman by the name of Steve Ells. Chipotle Mexican Grill provides excellent Mexican cuisine driven by a concept of “Food with Integrity”. The first chipotle Mexican grill was opened in 1993 in Denver Colorado. By the end of 1995 there were three. In 1996
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT Executive Summary To analyze the financial statement of a select company in the automotive industry for the years 2007‚ 2008‚ 2009 and 2010. With the aid of financial reports‚ such as Balance Sheet‚ Income Statement‚ aim to perform an analysis based upon profitability‚ asset utilization‚ liquidity and debt utilization in comparison to the industry averages. This will be covered in the primary section of this report. The other section will cover the Horizontal‚ Vertical
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in 2009. Profits made by this firm were worth nearly $10.562 billion. Total assets held by Pfizer were worth around $115.246 billion. Total employee count of Pfizer was around 86‚600. As we take a look at the different ratios of the company. Pfizer Inc.’s current ratio deteriorated from 2007 (2.15) to 2008 (1.59) but then slightly improved from 2008 to 2009 from 1.59 to 1.66. If we compare these numbers to the industry average of health care‚ overall Pfizer is performing better to the industry and
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Kohl’s Corporation Financial Analysis American retailer Kohl’s has become a prevalent fixture for the purchase of discounted clothing and home goods in the mid-west for over twenty-five years. The history of the company however has roots much more modest than present day market dominance would suggest. Dating back to a Wisconsin supermarket in 1946‚ founder Max Kohl grew his small business to the most successful chain of supermarkets in the Milwaukee area (12). By 1962 Kohl opened his first department
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failure of Refco Inc.; a New York based multinational commodities and forex brokerage firm. It focuses on the strategy deployed by the company’s executives in perpetrating fraudulent acts in misrepresenting the company’s financial accounts; the revelation therein have been described by many as one of the largest bankruptcy cases in the history of the United State’s financial services industry. A critical analysis of the principal methods used in falsifying the company’s financial statements is
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Economic Analysis of Apple Inc ECO320-65: CAPSTONE Economic Analysis of Apple Inc. Introduction 3 Industry analysis 4 Personal computers 4 Computer software 5 iPod and iTunes 5 Company analysis 7 Apple Computers Inc 7 Apple Inc 8 Innovation 9 Profitability 9 Recommendations 11 Personal computing 11 Conclusions 12 References 13 Appendix 14 Introduction The primary purpose of this report is to execute an economic analysis on Apple Inc. We will review the impacts that the
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Week 9 Final Assignment: Financial Analysis Korina Mitchell XACC280/Financial Accounting Concepts and Principles July 10‚ 2010 Tonya Brewer The Coca-Cola company has been in business since its inventor began selling it in drug stores in 1886 (The Coca-Cola Company‚ 2009). Pepsi-Cola was invented a short time later in 1898‚ but at the time it was called “Brad’s drink.” It was later renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1902 (Butler‚ 2006). Since those early days when the sodas were invented‚ Coca-Cola
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Expense Tracking and Controls XOM Rating: 7 Reasoning: After looking at Exxon ’s financials and their expense controls they are looking pretty good. When it comes to the expenses they have had a steady decrease in the past three years‚ which has had a positive outlook on their operating margin. Their current operating margin is 11%‚ which as a whole two points higher than the industry average‚ which is 9% (XOM Competitors). This shows that as a company as a whole they are proving to be more
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