Financial Reporting Problem

Financial Reporting Problem

 

Individual

 

Financial   Reporting Problem, Part 1

 

 

Browse the Internet to acquire a copy of the most   recent annual report for a publicly traded company.

 

Analyze the information contained in the company’s   balance sheet and income statement to answer the following questions:

 
 

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What are the company’s   total assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period? Why is this important?

 
 

·   What are the total assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period?

 
 

·   How much cash and cash equivalents did the company have at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?

 
 

·   What amount of accounts payable did the company have at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?

 
 

·   What amount of accounts payable did the company have at the end of the previous annual reporting period?

 
 

·  What are the company’s net revenues for the last three annual reporting periods?

 
 

·  What is the change in dollars in the company’s net income from its most recent annual reporting period to the previous annual reporting period?

 
 

·  What are the company’s total current assets at the end of its most recent annual reporting period?

 
 

·  What are the total  current assets at the end of the previous annual reporting period?

 
 

·  What in the information above would be important to a potential investor, employee, and so on?

 
 

Summarize the analysis in a 700- to 1,050-word paper in a Microsoft® Word document.

 

Include a copy of the company’s balance sheet and income statement.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.