Assignment: Ratio and Financial Statement Analysis

Choose a public company, and present findings from your financial analysis in a report. Your report must include the following:

• Give a description of the operating profit margin.
• Give a description of the asset turnover.
• Give a description of the equity multiplier.
• Give a description of the return on equity.
• Give a description of the return on assets.
• Calculate the operating profit margin. Explain your answer.
• Calculate the asset turnover. Explain your answer.
• Calculate the equity multiplier. Explain your answer.
• Calculate the return on assets. Explain your answer.
• Calculate the return on equity. Explain your answer.
• What does the DuPont analysis describe about the company chosen?
• Which ratio demonstrates the company's weakest area? Explain your answer.