Calculations Values in $ millions unless stated otherwise

Mar
Stockhold
Total Total Net ket
ers’ Sal
### Assets Liabilities
Equity Inventories Income Val
es ue
Target 44,553 $28,322 16,231 8,766 72,596 1,971 35,849
Kroger 29281.00 $23,886 5,384 5,651 98,375 1,519 18,339
Walmart 204,751 $121,921 76,255 44,858 474,259 16,022 241,440
Costco 30,283 $19,271 10,833 7,894 105,156 2,039 48,869
Amazon 40,159 $30,413 9,746 7,411 74,452 274 183,045
eBay 41,488 $17,841 23,647 0 16,047 2,856 70,995

Mar
Stockhold
Total Total Net ket
ers’ Sal
### Assets Liabilities
Equity Inventories Income Val
es ue
Target 41,404 $27,407 13,997 8,790 72,618 -1,636 47,126
Kroger 30,556 $25,114 5,412 5,688 108,465 1,728 33,627
Walmart 203,706 $117,769 81,394 45,141 483,521 16,363 274,315
Costco 33,024 $20,509 12,303 8,456 112,640 2,058 52,995
Amazon 54,505 $43,764 10,741 8,299 88,988 -241 144,313
eBay 45,132 $25,226 19,906 0 17,902 46 68,691

Answer 1
The accounts can be used to calculate certain ratios to compare the company's performance. However we cannot determine i

Answer 2
Target and Walmart are department stores and hold inventories of different brands.They have a broad inventory however the
Kroger stores groceries and hence it has to retain relatively lower margins and hence has to have higher inventory turnover.
Costco uses a warehouse model and is also a members only club
Amazon is not a brick and mortar store retailer. They have an online retail business. They are the most unique out of the lot as
Ebay is a C2C marketplace and hence does not store any inventories. They make revenues purely through margins.

Answer 3
Kroger has the most inventory turnover of all the retailers alongwith the maximum increase in sales and profit.
Hence by these 3 metrics we can consider it to be the most successful.

Answer 4
Walmart is the company we should invest in as they have the lowest Market to Book value ratio. This shows that they are not
It also has the highest ROA. This shows that they are using there assets effectively to generate profits. It also shows how effecti
 Employees ROA Staff Productivity in $ Mn Inventory Turnover(times in a year)
366000 4.42% 0.20 8.2815
375000 5.19% 0.26 17.4084
2,200,000 7.83% 0.22 10.5725
184000 6.73% 0.57 13.3210
117000 0.68% 0.64 10.0461
34000 6.88% 0.47 NA

Employees ROA Staff Productivity in $ Mn Inventory Turnover(times in a year)

347000 -3.95% 0.21 8.2614
400000 5.66% 0.27 19.0691
2,200,000 8.03% 0.22 10.7113
195000 6.23% 0.58 13.3207
154000 -0.44% 0.58 10.7227
37000 0.10% 0.48 NA

ver we cannot determine if the cash flow of these companies are correct or not via the limited information given.

oad inventory however there is less depth.

gher inventory turnover.

ost unique out of the lot as they are a conglomerate with diversified revenue streams e.g. Amazon Web Services
rough margins.

is shows that they are not as overvalued as the others and hence it is a safe investment.
ts. It also shows how effectively they are managing there costs.
 Market to book ratio Sales/Assets
2.21 1.629430116939
3.41 3.359687169154
3.17 2.3162719596
4.51 3.472443285011
18.78 1.853930625763
3.00 0.386786540686

Market to book ratio Change in Sales Change in Profit Sales /Assets

3.37 0.03% -183.00% 1.753888513
6.21 10.26% 13.76% 3.549712004
3.37 1.95% 2.13% 2.373621788
4.31 7.12% 0.93% 3.410852713
13.44 19.52% -187.96% 1.632657554
3.45 11.56% -98.39% 0.39665869

information given.

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