Financial Statement Analysis Group Project 2

Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u 1.0 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc372239519 \h 12.0 Ratio Analysis –WMT & COST PAGEREF _Toc372239520 \h 12.1 Liquidity ratio Analysis PAGEREF _Toc372239521 \h 22.2 Asset Efficiency Ratio Analysis PAGEREF _Toc372239522 \h 32.3 Profitability Ratio Analysis PAGEREF _Toc372239523 \h 42.4 Market Performance Ratios PAGEREF _Toc372239524 \h 62.5 Cash Flow ratio Analysis PAGEREF _Toc372239525 \h 6Cash Coverage Ratio PAGEREF _Toc372239526 \h 72.6 Capital Structure Ratio PAGEREF _Toc372239527 \h 83.0 Horizontal Analysis PAGEREF _Toc372239528 \h 93.1 Horizontal Analysis- WMT PAGEREF _Toc372239529 \h 93.2 Horizontal Analysis- COST PAGEREF _Toc372239530 \h 94.0 Vertical Analysis PAGEREF _Toc372239531 \h 104.1 Vertical Analysis- WMT PAGEREF _Toc372239532 \h 103.2 Vertical Analysis- COST PAGEREF _Toc372239533 \h 115.0 Conclusion & Recommendations PAGEREF _Toc372239534 \h 111.0 IntroductionThe aim of this report is to give recommendations to investors to select the best stock out of Wal-Mart (WMT) and Costco (COST) through Horizontal, Vertical and various financial ratios like Profitability, assets efficiency, liquidity, Capital Structure and Market