Accounting Course Project
Below is the link for the financial statements for Alphabet, Inc. for the fiscal year ending 2017.
https://abc.xyz/investor/ (Links to an external site.)
First, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on SEC filings and additional information. Next, click on Alphabet SEC filings. Type 10-K in as the Filing Type and click Search. Click on Documents for the 10-K dated 2018-02-06. Finally, click on the link next to the Form 10-K. This will open the 10-K in HTML format which is searchable.
A Sample Project Template (Links to an external site.) is available for download (Attached to this order). The sample project compares the ratio performance of Nike and Under Armour using the 2014 financial statements of Nike and Under Armour provided at their websites. Please change it to Alphabet. No need to compare companies. Just need the ratio for Alphabet.
For the Final Submission:
For the Final Submission:
Your final Excel workbook submission should contain the following. You cannot use any other software but Excel to complete this project.
A Completed Worksheet Title Page tab, which is really a cover sheet with the names of each team member, the course, the date, your instructor's name, and the title for the project.
A Completed Worksheet Profiles tab which contains a one-paragraph description regarding each company with information about their history, what products they sell, where they are located, and so forth.
All 16 ratios for ALPHABET company with the supporting calculations and commentary on your Worksheet Ratio tab. Supporting calculations must be shown either as a formula or as text typed into a different cell. The ratios are listed further down this document. Your comments for each ratio should include more than just a definition of the ratio. You should focus on interpreting each ratio number for each company and support your comments with the numbers found in the ratios. You need to specifically state which company performed better for each ratio.
The Bibliography Worksheet tab must contain at least your textbook as a reference. Any other information that you use to profile the companies should also be cited as a reference as well as the links to the financial statements.
Required Ratios for Final Project Submission
Earnings per Share of Common Stock
Current Ratio
Gross Profit Rate
Profit Margin
Inventory Turnover
Days in Inventory
Accounts Receivable Turnover
Average Collection Period
Asset Turnover
Return on Assets (ROA)
Debt to assets Ratio
Times Interest Earned Ratio
Dividend Yield [For the purposes of this ratio, use Yahoo Finance to look up current dividend per share and stock price; just note the date that you looked up this information.]
Return on Common Stockholders' Equity (ROE)
Free cash flow
Price-Earnings Ratio [For the purpose of this ratio, look up the market price per share as of December 29, 2017 for Alphabet, Inc.
Complete your Title page on this tab.
Please include the names of your team members, the course, the date, your instructor's name, and the title for the project.
Profiles
Complete one paragraph, profiling each company's business, including information such as brief histories, where each company is located, number of employees, the products each company sells, and so forth. Please reference any websites that you used for the profiles on the Bibliography tab.
NIKE, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic apparel, footwear, equipment, and accessories. NIKE's headquarters are in Beaverton, Oregon. They were founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports, Inc. but, in 1971, they changed their name to NIKE, Inc. According to Yahoo! Finance, NIKE has 76,700 full-time employees. NIKE is known for their celebrity endorsements including basketball icon, Michael Jordan. NIKE had 2014 net product sales of $27.8 billion.
Under Armour, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes performance apparel, footwear, and accessories. Under Armour was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. According to Yahoo! Finance, Under Armour has 7,000 full-time employees. Under Armour was founded by Kevin Plank, a former University of Maryland college football player. Under Armour had net product sales of $3.1 billion for 2014. ONLY DO A SUMMARY FOR ALPHABET INC.
Ratios
Use this Excel spreadsheet to compute ratios; show your computations for all ratios on this tab, and also include your commentary.
The 2017 financial statements used to calculate these ratios are available in the Investor Relations sections of the Alphabet Inc website
ALPHABET INC Interpretation and comparison between the two companies' ratios (reading Chapter 13 will help you prepare the commentary)
5/31/14 The comparison of the ratios is an important part of the project. A good approach is to briefly explain what the ratio tells us. Indicate whether a higher or lower ratio is better. Then compare the two companies on this basis. Remember that each ratio below requires a comparison.
Earnings per Share of Common Stock (basic - common) As given in the income statement $ 3.05
Current Ratio Current assets $13,696 = 2.72
Current liabilities $5,027
Gross Profit Rate Gross profit $12,446 = 44.8%
Net sales $27,799
Profit Margin Net income $2,693 = 9.7% <-----THE NUMBERS ARE JUST SAMPLES
Net sales $27,799
Inventory Turnover Cost of goods sold $15,353 = 4.1
Average inventory $3,716
Days in Inventory 365 days 365 = 88
Inventory turnover 4.1 days
Accounts Receivable Turnover Net credit sales $27,799 = 8.5
Average net accounts receivable $3,276
Average Collection Period 365 days 365 = 43
Accounts receivable turnover 8.5 days
Asset turnover Net sales $27,799 = 1.54
Average total assets $18,070
Return on Assets (ROA) Net income $2,693 = 14.9%
Average total assets $18,070
Debt to assets ratio Total Liabilities $7,770 = 41.8%
Total Assets $18,594
Times-Interest Earned Ratio Net income + interest expense + income tax expense $3,577 = 108.4
interest expense $33
Dividend Yield Dividend per share of common stock (Yahoo Finance 12/24/2015) $1.28 = 2.0%
(Please follow the Course Project instructions to calculate the current dividend yield.) Market price per share of common stock (Yahoo Finance 12/24/2015) $63.18
Return on Common Stockholders' Equity (ROE) Net income - preferred dividends 2,693 = 24.6%
Average common stockholders' equity 10,952.50
Free cash flow Net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures minus cash dividends = $1,324
in millions
Price-Earnings Ratio Market price per share of common stock as of 5/30/2014 for Nike and 12/31/2014 for Under Armour $76.91 = 25
(Please see the Course Project instructions for the dates to use for this ratio.) Earnings per share $3.05
Summary
You all get the chance to play the role of financial analyst below. The summary should be a comparison of each company's performance for each major category of ratios listed below. Focus on major differences as you compare each company's performance. A nice way to conclude is to state which company you feel is the better investment and why.
Liquidity: NIKE has the advantage for the current ratio. NIKE has $3.05 in current assets for every dollar in current liabilities while Under Armour has only 98 cents in current assets for every dollar in current liabilities. NIKE has the advantage for the inventory turnover ratio, but Under Armour has the advantage for the accounts receivable turnover ratio. NIKE turns over its inventory 4.1 times to Under Armour's 3.1 times. Under Armour has the advantage for the accounts receivable turnover ratio as Under Armour collects on its receivables 12.6 times to Nike's 8.5 times.
Solvency: Under Armour has less debt than NIKE as evidenced by Under Armour's 35.5% debt-to-assets ratio as compared to NIKE's 41.8% debt-to-assets ratio. NIKE can cover its interest expense 108.4 times with income before interest and taxes, while Under Armour can only cover its interest expense 65.1 times with their income before interest and taxes. NIKE has free cash flow of $1.3 billion while Under Armour has $78.5 million in free cash flow. YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THIS TAB
Profitability: Under Armour has the advantage for the gross profit rate at 49% while NIKE has a 44.8% gross profit rate percentage. NIKE has the advantage for the profit margin ratio at 9.7% versus 6.7% for Under Armour. Under Armour has the advantage for asset turnover as they turn their assets 1.68 times to Nike's 1.54 times. NIKE has the advantage for both return on assets (ROA) and return on common stockholder's equity (ROE). NIKE has an ROA of 14.9% to Under Armour's 11.3%. NIKE also has the advantage for return on common stockholders' equity with an ROE of 24.6% to Under Armour's 17.3%.
Conclusion: Under Armour has less debt than NIKE as measured by the debt to assets ratio, but NIKE has a stronger current ratio and times-interest earned ratio. Regarding profitability, NIKE has the advantage for return on assets (ROA) and return on common stockholders' equity (ROE). For both a conservative investor and growth investor, NIKE looks like the better choice.
Bibliography
Your textbook and any information that you use to profile the companies should be cited as a reference below.
Big Charts for Nike. (2014, May 30). Retrieved from http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=NKE&closeDate=5%2F30%2F14&x=0&y=0
Big Charts for Under Armour. (2014, December 31). Retrieved from http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=ua&closeDate=12%2F31%2F2014&x=37&y=26
Kimmel, P. D., Weygandt, J. J., & Kieso, D. E. (2019). Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (9th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Nike's 2014 Annual Report. (2014). Retrieved from https://s1.q4cdn.com/806093406/files/doc_financials/2014/index.html
NKE profile. (2019). Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NKE/profile?p=NKE
NKE stock price. (December 24, 2015). Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NKE/profile?p=NKE
Under Armour 2014 Annual Report. (2015). Retrieved from https://underarmourinc.gcs-web.com/static-files/13a42846-a519-469e-978b-b3199de9fbe8
UA profile. (2019). Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UA/profile?p=UA&.tsrc=fin-srch
UA stock price. (December 24, 2015). Retrieved from https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UA?ltr=1