Financial Performance
Analysis – APPLE INC
This milestone activity
demonstrates your financial knowledge by testing your ability to calculate and
assess key financial ratios. This practice corresponds to CLO11 and is included
in the Final Assessment Project.
What do I want you to
do?
Find 10 common financial performance ratios for APPLE INC,
and evaluate whether your company is performing well based on each ratio.
(Kennedy et al., 2020 has a list of some ratios in Table 2.8.) TABLE ATTACHED
Why do I want you to do
it?
Interpreting financial information is a basic skill in business, and
being able to strategize from this information can be an advantage over other
candidates.
How do I want you to do
it?
What format(s)
should the assessment be in?
List the name
of the ratio, its formula, and its calculated value (as a numerical
figure), followed by a judgment of whether the company is performing well
based on that single metric. In either case, describe which component of
the ratio (numerator or denominator) needs to improve to improve the
ratio and an action the company could take that would likely accomplish
that. Be as specific as you can be. Repeat for 10 performance ratios.
What tools or
resources might be needed/useful? Investopedia, SEC EDGAR Company Filings,
and Macrotrends
What to include in your
submission
Your assignment submission should include:
List of 10
financial performance evaluations
We are reviewing APPLE INC.
Sources should be used from the followin links:
https://www.investopedia.com/financial-ratios-4689817
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AAPL/apple/stock-price-history
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=320193&owner=exclude
