Analyze and compare Amazon.com and Wal-Mart Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is one of the largest Internet retailers in the world. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) is the largest retailer in the United States. Amazon and Wal-Mart compete in similar markets; however, Wal-Mart sells through both traditional retail stores and the Internet, while Amazon sells only through the Internet. Interest expense and income before income tax expense from the financial statements of both companies for two recent years follow (in millions): a. Compute the times interest earned ratio for both companies for the two years. Round to one decimal place. b. Interpret Amazons interest coverage from Year 1 to Year 2. c. Does a times interest earned ratio less than 1.0 mean that creditors will not get paid interest? d. Interpret Wal-Marts interest coverage from Year 1 to Year 2. e. Which company appears to have the greater protection for creditors?

Cafua Corporation makes cell phone covers and has the following comparative income statement for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024: (Cick the icon to view the comparative income statement.) Read the requirement. Begin by completing a horizontal analysis of Cafua Corporation's income statement. (Use a minus sign or parentheses to show an amount and/or percentage decrease. Round all percentages to the nearest tenth percent, X.X. For example, enter 10.2% as 10.2. Complete all input boxes. If the base amount is $0, enter a "0" in the percentage column.) Revenues: Net Sales Revenue Other Revenues Total Revenues Expenses: Cost of Goods Sold Engineering, Selling, and Administrative Expenses Interest Expense Income Tax Expense Other Expenses Total Expenses Cafua Corporation Income Statement Years Ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 Net Income 2025 $ $ 1,100,000 $ 1,000,000 9,000 1,100,000 1,009,000 781,000 205,700 26,400 27,500 8,800 2024 1,049,400 50,600 $ 673,000 193,000 15,000 14,000…

Common-size financial statements. Prepare common-size income statements for Walmart and Starbucks using the January 2015 and September 2014 information in the popup window: Which company is doing a better job of getting sales dollars to net income? Where is the one company having an advantage over the other company in turning revenue into net income? Complete the table below. (Round to two decimal places. Net income to three decimal places.) Abbreviated Income Statements ($ in Millions) Company Account Walmart, Inc. 1/31/2015 Starbucks 9/30/2014 Sales 491,920 % 16,801 % Cost of goods sold $ -370,530 % 7,272 % Selling, general, and administrative expenses $ -94,693 % $ -11,569 % EBIT $ 26,697 % $ -2,040 % Interest expense S -2,343 % $ -26 % Taxes $ -9,011 % 764 % Net income $ 15,343 % -1,302 % Which company is doing a better job of getting sales dollars to net income? (Select from the drop-down menus.) Walmart and Starbucks bring and cents of sales revenue to the bottom line,…

K In early 2022, the following information,, was true about Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF) and The Gap (GPS), both clothing retailers. Values (except price per share) are in millions of dollars. a. What is the market-to-book ratio of each company? b. What conclusion do you draw from comparing the two ratios? Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) ANF GPS Book Equity $825 $2,724 Price per Share $39.04 $18.04 Number of Shares 47.99 million 366.79 million -

1. Compute the given in your module dated December 2018 using vertical analysis 2. Interpret the data comparing it to the data in December 2017, which year the company perform better 3. Create a pie graph for December 2018, using the data from vertical analysis.

Analyze and compare Amazon.com and Wal-Mart Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is one of the largest Internet retailers in the world. Wal-Mart (WMT) is the largest retailer in the United States. Amazon and Wal-Mart compete in similar markets; however, Wal-Mart sells through both traditional retail stores and the Internet, while Amazon sells only through the Internet. Earnings and common stock outstanding information was obtained from recent financial statements for both companies as follows (in millions):     Amazon   Wal-Mart Net income   $2,371   $14,694 Average number of common shares outstanding      474      3,207 a. Determine the earnings per share for each company. Neither company had preferred stock outstanding. Round your answers to two decimal places. Amazon   $ Wal-Mart   $ b. Which company appears more profitable from an earnings-per-share perspective?   c. The market price of Amazon common stock was $750 per share at a time when Wal-Mart’s was $69 per share. How…

Analyze and compare Amazon.com to NetflixAmazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is one of the largest Internet retailers in the world. Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) provides digital streaming and DVD rentals in the United States. Amazon and Netflix compete in streaming and digital services; however, Amazon also sells many other products online. The cash, temporary investments, operating expenses, and depreciation expense from recent financial statements were reported as follows for both companies (in millions):a. Determine the days’ cash on hand for Amazon and Netflix. Round all calculations to one decimal place.b. Interpret the results.

Identify which standard of comparison, (a) intracompany, (b) competitor, (c) industry, or (d) guidelines,best describes each of the following examples. Compare Netflix’s current-year sales to its prior-year sales.

A Financial Analysis Statement Calculate the 2021 (year ended 12/31/21) current ratio for Twitter. Calculate the 2021 (year ended 12/31/2021) current ratio for Meta. Which company has a better current ratio and why?  Explain in a short paragraph. Calculate the 2021 accounts receivable turnover ratio for Twitter. Calculate the 2021 accounts receivable turnover ratio for Meta. Calculate the average collection period for each company.  Show answer as number of days plus 2 decimals. Which company has a better receivable turnover ratio and why?  Explain in a short paragraph.  Calculate the 2021 return on assets for Twitter.    Calculate the 2021 return on assets for Meta.   Which company has a better return on assets and why? Explain in a short paragraph.   Calculate the 2021 debt-to-equity ratio for Twitter.   Calculate the 2021 debt-to-equity ratio for Facebook.    Describe in a short paragraph what the debt-to-equity ratio measures and why this would be important to a potential creditor.…