Assessing Financial statements (solution attached)
Assessing Financial statements
Search the Internet for the financial statements of your favorite company or your employer. You can either locate the corporate Web site for your chosen company, or you can select a company’s financial statements from the EDGAR database at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm
� Post a 200- to 300-word response that includes the following information:
o Three strengths and three weaknesses in the financial statements
o Trends in net profit, debt ratio as a percentage of total assets, and debt as a percentage of total equity
o A review of 2- to 3-year trends and a discussion on positive and negative trends
o A confirmation of whether or not the company is discussing what it intends to do to correct negative trends
Dell Inc.
PERIOD ENDING
29-Jan-10
30-Jan-09
1-Feb-08
Net profit margin
15.47%
22.61%
25.25%
debt total assets
56.34%
56.07%
67.22%
total debt to equity
3.36 times
3.48 times
4.96 times
Treeasury stock
27904000
27,904,000
25,037,000
Net Sales
9261000
10957000
11671000
Interest expenses
0
93000
45000
