Reference no: EM133677525
Assignment: Income Statement Analysis
A. Locate and post a screenshot of an actual Income Statement from the latest fiscal year for one of the following companies:
1) Tupperware Brands
2) Tesla
B. Pick an Income Statement Line Item or Ratio from the list below:
Ratio
1) Revenue (aka Sales, Turnover)
2) Cost of Goods Sold/Cost of Sales
3) Selling, General and Administrative Expense
4) Gross Profit
5) Operating Profit
6) Net Profit
7) Gross Margin (%)
8) Net Margin (%)
9) Return on Sales
10) Return on Equity
11) Return on Assets
12) Earnings Per Share (EPS)
13) EBITDA
A. What does this line item or ratio measure and why is it important item for Management to understand this number?
B. Identify the past 4 years of amounts for your line item or ratio (Note: this will require you to track down additional historical
C. Income Statements to get the older data). Share this data with the class using a data table or chart.
Answer the following questions:
1) What is the trend for this line item or ratio?
2) Has the line item or ratio amount increased or decreased?
3) Is this a "good" thing or a "bad" thing? For this company?
4) What might management do to improve this line item or ratio?