Company: Walmart
write a formal assessment of the health of the company you chose in a paper of approximately 1,200 words.
- Perform ratio analysis on the company and evaluate the overall health of the company relative to its industry based on its financial statements (from Week Three).
- Analyze the company’s financing mix.
- Describe the company’s international operations and risks.
- Business relationships: Would you be willing to maintain a relationship with the company as a supplier? Why or why not?
- Employee relationships: Would you be willing to work for the company? What if your compensation package only included the company’s stock (no cash)?
- Investor relationships: Imagine you invested $1,000 in the company’s stock on the first day of the course. How did your investment perform during the 8 weeks? Did you make money? If so, what was the annualized return? Did you lose money? Earn a dividend? What about long-term performance of the stock? Prepare or provide a chart showing the company’s stock price over the previous 5-year period. Would you want the company’s stock or debt in your 401(k)? Why or why not?
- Has the firm executed any stock buybacks? If so, what was the effect on the stock price?
- Calculate the WACC for your company.
- If you knew 8 weeks ago what you know now about finance, would you have invested in this company? Why or why not?
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