BUS411 Assignment Unit 4 2018 August

Assignment: Finance and Operations

This week we look at finance and operations, and apply a bit of quantitative analysis to the effort.

Your assignment is to analyze current financial ratios for a given business. APA formatting is required (no abstract required).

1. Think of a specific business you find interesting, i.e. Apple, UTC, Southwest Airlines, etc.

2. Search the web for that business’ “Financial Statement.” (You will find many hits for the data.)

3. Select thehttp://www.morningstar.com/ site offering your company’s financial statement.

4. You will now see a number of financial ratios for your company. Below is an example for Apple:http://financials.morningstar.com/ratios/r.html?t=AAPL

5. Now, define the following ratios, note the ratio for your business, and explain what the ratio means for the business moving forward:

a) Return on Assets

b) Return on Equity

c) Return on Capital

d) Gross Margin

e) SG&A Margin

f) Current Ratio

g) Quick Ratio

h) Total Debt/Equity

i) Total Revenue

j) Gross Profit