Real-World Case Identifying companies based on financial statement information
Presented here is selected information from the 2008 fiscal-year 10-K reports of four companies. The four companies, in alphabetical order, are: Caterpillar, Inc., a manufacturer of heavy machinery; Dollar General, a company that owns stores where many items are sold for a dollar or less, and most goods are sold for less than $10; Oracle Corporation, a company that develops software; and Feet’s Coffee&Tea, a company that sells coffee products. The data for the companies, presented in the order of the amount of their sales in millions of dollars, are:
| A | B | C | D |
Sales | $51,325 | $22,430 | $10,458 | $284.8 |
Cost of goods sold | 38,415 | 3,984 | 7,397 | 133.5 |
Net earnings | 3,557 | 5,521 | 108 | 11.2 |
Inventory | 8,781 | 0 | 1,415 | 26.1 |
Accounts receivable | 18,128 | 5,127 | 0 | 11.9 |
Total assets | 67,782 | 47,268 | 3,890 | 176.4 |
Required
Based on these financial data and your knowledge and assumptions about the nature of the busi- | nesses that the companies operate, determine which data relate to which companies. Write a memorandum explaining your decisions. Include a discussion of which ratios you used in your analysis, and show the computations of these ratios in your memorandum.
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