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Accounting · Studypool

will use the Income Statement and Balance Sheet of a real corporation to calculate ratios and determine changes/trends

Overview

you will use the Income Statement and Balance Sheet of a real corporation to calculate ratios and determine changes/trends using financial items from them.

Instructions:

  • Copy to PDF (Google Chrome is best browser) or Word document the income statement and balance sheet of a publicly traded corporation.Use Marketwatch.com:
    • Type the ticker or company name in the “search” box
    • Select ‘Financials’ from the menu
    • Select “annual data (default),” not “quarterly data,” for your company’s financial statements.
    • Be sure all 5 years of data are included in your file.
    • If you are struggling with creating a PDF, please include the url’s for the marketwatch webpage for your company in your project submission.
  • On a separate page, state the name of your company and show me your calculations for the most current year for the following ratios:
  • Current Ratio
  • Debt Ratio