This document outlines an assignment for FIN 370 students focusing on financial ratio analysis of publicly traded corporations using their SEC form 10-K. It requires students to calculate and analyze various financial ratios for their chosen company over the last two years and compare them with industry standards. The final analysis must be presented in a minimum of 875 words, formatted in APA style, with citations for the sources of the ratio information.

1. FIN 370 Week 3 Assignment Financial Ratio analysis
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(i) Increasing inventory indicates that the company inventory conversion
period is increasing.
(ii) The cash from investing activity shows that the company cash
outflow is more in the short term investment i.e. in non operating
activity.
(iii) The overall has for the year 2008 has declined for the company.
Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word
functions can be found on the Microsoft®Office® website. There are
also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office
products. Select one of the publicly traded corporations listed below and
obtain the most current SEC Form 10-K (annual financial report) from
the company's web site (Do not use the Annual Report that is sent to
shareholders): • Lowes Corporation • Kroger Corporation • Harley
Davidson Corporation • Apple Corporation • Intel Corporation •
Marriott Corporation • Berkshire Hathaway Corporation •
PepsiCo Corporation • Procter and Gamble Corporation •
General Electric Corporation Calculate and analyze the following
ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC
Form 10-K: • Current Ratio • Inventory Turnover • Debt Ratio •
Time Interest Earned • Gross Profit Margin • Equity

2. Multiplier • Return on Assets • Net Profit Margin • Return on
Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method) Compare and contrast your
company's ratios to industry and competitor standard ratios obtained
from Yahoo Finance, Morningstar, MotleyFool, Macroaxis or other
Internet sources, and provide a detailed answer and analysis as to why
your company's ratios are different than the industry/competitor
standard. Prepare your analysis in a minimum of 875 words in
Microsoft® Word. The use of Microsoft®Word tables is encouraged.
Cite the source of the industry/competitor ratio information. Format your
assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files
tab to submit your assignment. Note: Grades are awarded based upon
individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each
Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her
contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the
same grade for the team assignment.