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Analysis and Use of Financial StatementsProject

NIKE Inc.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018715000113/nke-5312015x10k.htm

This assignment requires financial ratio analysis on Nike Inc.company. You will be required to examine Nike's company’s annualreport and calculate the ratios listed below. You will calculatethe ratios for the two most recent years fromavailable annual reports.

Once you have performed an analysis of the financial statements,you will write up a report summarizing thefindings. The report will include a brief introduction,synopsis of the company’s business and current business situation,a summary of the student’s interpretation of team’s analysis, and aconclusion.

Written proof of how the ratios were calculated MUST beattached to the report. You must calculate the ratiosyourself.

Use the attached work page below to show proof of yourcalculations of the ratios (show all numbers in the calculations –not just the end result). The paper should be six (4) typedpages (not including the ratios and the ratiocalculations). Roughly, the paper should have one page ofintroduction, four pages of analysis and interpretation, and onepage of conclusion. The focus should be on the analysis and yourinterpretation.

The analysis of the financial ratios should include insightsinto the meanings behind the ratios. The ratios should tell a storyabout how the company is doing and its prospects for the future.You need to tell that story. In order to make the ratios moremeaningful, a benchmark company or industry average for each ratioshould also be included. You must calculate the benchmark company’sratios as well. I do not need these calculations attached. Theconclusion should provide insight into the financial future of thecompany. An investment recommendation should also be made in theconclusion.

Required ratios:

Liquidity Ratios and Asset Utilizationratios:

Current Ratio

Quick Ratio

Accounts receivable turnover

Inventory turnover

Average collection period

Total assets turnover

Fixed Asset turnover

Solvency & Leverage Ratios

Times interest earned

Debt-to-equity ratio

Debt to total assets

Fixed charge coverage

Profitability Ratios:

Profit margin ratio

Gross Margin ratio

Return on total assets

Return on common stockholders’ equity

Evidence of Ratio Calculations

Please show your calculations of the financial rations of thecompany in the column labeled “Your Company.” You can calculate theratios by hand or attached a sheet that clearly demonstrates howyou calculated the ratio (i.e. X/Y = Z). The ratios you provide foryour competitor or industry average do not need to be calculated(you can find these on various finance websites – though you willmost likely have to calculate some yourself). Pleaseattached this sheet to the back of your writtenproject.

Ratio

Your Company

Competitor/Industry Avg.

Current Ratio

Quick Ratio

A/R Turnover

Inventory Turnover

Average collection period

Total Assets Turnover

Fixed Asset turnover

Times-interest Earned Ratio

Debt-to-Equity Ratio

Fixed charge coverage

Profit Margin Ratio

Gross Margin Ratio

Return-on-Total Assets Ratio

Return-on-Common Stockholders’ Equity Ratio

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Jamar Ferry
Jamar FerryLv2
28 Sep 2019

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