Company's Balance Sheet And Income Statement To Answer The Following Questions: What are the company's total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important? $56.26B (the third quarter of 2012). This is important because potential investors and shareholders would like to know whether to invest or continue investing in the company. They would also like to know how much of their money to invest

ABC/123 Version X Financial Statement Review ACC/561 Version Wal-Mart's Financial Statement Review by Ellen Talley What is the net income for the current fiscal year? Is it up or down from the prior year? Why would this information be important to investors? What is the ending balance in stockholders' equity? Why would a labor union potentially be interested in this information? What is the total value of assets? Why would this information be important to a potential creditor? What is the

Wal-Mart: Financial Statement Analysis WAL-MART FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Company Description Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is a world largest grocery chain and retail stores. The company operates 8000 stores across three business segments which include apparel, groceries, electronics and small appliances. While the company operates globally, half of the company stores are located in the United States. To complete in the international markets, Wal-Mart also operates its business through subsidiaries in Canada, Argentina, China,

Walmart The decision about whether or not to invest in a company must take a number of different variables into consideration. Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer. It has sales of $446 billion last year and on that it earned $15.699 billion in profit (MSN Moneycentral, 2012). The company has major operations in the U.S., Canada, China, Mexico and also has some operations in Europe. Wal-Mart is not only the number

03)(7) = 9.26%. A Target four-year has a yield of 4.757%, which corresponds with the higher risk level (A compared to AA) that Target represents over Wal-Mart. This will be used as Target's cost of debt. The weightings of debt and equity are 69% debt and 31% equity. This gives us a weighted average cost of capital for Target of: (4.757)(.69) + (9.26)(.31) = 6.15% Target represents a higher risk level compared

0 $0.0 Net income available to common stockholders $17,758.5 $16,468.7 Common dividends $5,400.0 $5,048.0 Addition to retained earnings $12,358.5 $11,420.7 Calculated Data: Operating Performance and Cash Flows 2012 2011 Net operating working capital (NOWC) $1,464.0 ($2,108.0) Total operating capital $144,629.0 $136,320.0 Net Operating Profit After Taxes (NOPAT) $19,182.7 $17,926.7 Net Cash Flow (Net income + Depreciation) $17,758.5 $16,468.7 Operating Cash Flow (OCF) $19,182.7 $17,926.7 Free Cash Flow (FCF) $10,873.7 N/A Calculated Data: Per-share Information 2012 2011 Earnings per share (EPS) $5.26 $4.76 Dividends per share (DPS) $1.60 $1.46 Book value per share (BVPS) $22.63 $20.61 Cash flow per share (CFPS) $5.26 $4.76 Free cash flow per share (FCFPS) $3.22 N/A LIQUIDITY RATIOS (Section 3.2) Industry 2012 2011 Average Liquidity ratios Current Ratio 0.83 0.88 1 Quick Ratio 0.22 0.23 0.3 ASSET Management RATIOS (Section