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Please do a comprehensive and well detailed report.

Financial reports and statement can be sourced online or via finance yahoo financials. (I posted a link previously but was warned that is a violation)

1. Compare and contrast Amazon Inc and Wallmart Inc- publicly traded companies in the same industry for a three year period (2022, 2021, 2020) using horizontal and vertical analysis (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows), together with a minimum of ten (10) ratios, but at least two from each of the following categories:

Liquidity

Solvency/Capital Structure

Asset Management

Profitability/Efficiency.

A list of the key ratios in each category was attached as a picture. (NOTE: PLEASE VIEW THE ATTACHED PICTURE FOR THE LIST OF KEY RATIOS IN EACH CATEGORY)

2. Please start the analysis with a discussion of each company, for example, what they sell or make, their target market, any marketing or other strategies they employ, or how they compete.

3. I suggest you acquire copies of each companys financial statements, available online at the SECs EDGAR service or the companys investor relations website.

4. Put charts in the body of your discussion for the various ratios. Breaking the ratios down by type (such as liquidity, profitability) can be another way to make the written report more coherent. Often times it is helpful to not only have an entire page of ratio calculations as an exhibit but to put charts in the body of your discussion for the various ratios.

5. Give a depth of analysis. Anyone can crunch the numbers. specifically interested in your interpretation of what the horizontal/vertical analyses and the ratios tell you about how well (or how poorly) these companies have met strategic and other goals they have identified.

(Hint: Strategy is often found in the management discussion and analysis or the letter to shareholders in the annual report documents.)

There isnt a minimum or maximum page requirement, but a solid report will be 8-10 pages in length.

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