Select one (1) U.S. publicly traded company and review its most recent Annual Re

Question

Select one (1) U.S. publicly traded company and review its most recent Annual Report. (You may use one (1) from the following three (3) companies:

Microsoft Corporation, Alphabet Inc, Amazon.com, Inc

Use the Income Statement and Balance Sheet to determine the changes in:assets, liabilities, and equitytotal revenue and net incomeBriefly describe the change from the current and prior years in each of these key areas and determine if the changes would be positive or negative from an investor / stockholder’s view.

Explanation / Answer

Seeing the assets Amazon assets ahs incraese over the period and shareholder's will be happy about this but liabilities are also increasing.This is not the only criteria for shareholders. Now since Amazon's profit has gone negative company won't be in aposition topay dividens and this will have negative impact on shareholder's and investor's as well.

Price-to-Sales Ratio

P/E ratio is negative and this not a godd sign it means Amazon for every $1 investor will have have a negative earning.

2013 2014 Total assets 40,159 54,505 Total liablities 30,413 43,764 Equity 9,746 10,741 Revenues 74,452 88,988 Net income 274 -241

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse S
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.