In this assignment, you are asked to analyze an annual financial report (called a 10K for a U.S. public company), which might be one of the following:
Publically traded company (e.g., Pearson Annual Report) [Recommended database is company website; or Edgar (Links to an external site.)]
Charter school company [via Google search]
Non-profit organization [Recommended database is GuideStar (Links to an external site.)]
Identify and discuss the following in a 2- to 3-page paper:
Part A: The Income Statement
What it the name of the organization and source (URL) for the annual report?
What are the major sources of income for the organization?
What is the breakdown of each source of revenue as a percentage of total income?
What are the costs?
Part B: The Balance Sheet
How much does the company have in cash and short-term investments?
Look at the cash against current liabilities? What are the current liabilities? Does the company have enough cash to pay off its short-term debt (current liabilities)?
What is the company’s working capital? (Hint: you have to calculate this. Refer back to Module 1 Learning Object for help.)
What is the company’s current ratio? What does this mean?
What is the company’s debt-to-equity ratio? What does this mean?
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