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Purpose of Assignment

Students should understand how to use the financial information and tools learned in the class on a public company, obtain public company SEC reports, and use that data to calculate a company's financial ratios and their comparison to industry or competitor standards.

Assignment Steps

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Obtain the most current SEC Form 10-K (annual financial report) from the company's web site (Do not use the Annual Report that is sent to shareholders):

• Lowes Corporation

Calculate and analyze the following ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC Form 10-K:

• Current Ratio
• Debt Ratio
• Time Interest Earned
• Gross Profit Margin
• Net Profit Margin
• Asset Turnover
• Return on Assets
• Equity Multiplier
• Return on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method)

All ratios should be calculated using data from the company's financial statements in the 10-K Report.

Specify what year financial data is being used (indicate the dates of the company's fiscal year).