Financial Analysis & Financial Ratios I Amazon vs Walmart

Name: Financial Analysis & Financial Ratios I Amazon vs Walmart
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Learn how to calculate Financial Ratios and complete Financial Analysis using Amazon’s and Walmart’s Financial Metrics

Last updated 11/2021

English

What you'll learn

Financial Analysis - Amazon and Walmart’s Financial Performance
Analysis of Key Highlights & Tables - Utilize Amazon and Walmart’s Form-10K filing
Financial Ratios - Profitability, Capital Structure, Liquidity, Efficiency & Valuation Ratios
Trending Analysis - 5-Year and Year-over-Year Profit & Loss Statement Analysis

9 sections • 34 lectures • 2h 16m total length

Introduction & Course Overview5:20
Compare five-year P&L and year-over-year growth for Amazon and Wal-Mart, and compute profitability, liquidity, and efficiency ratios. Use 10-K highlights and segment net sales to assess performance with a scorecard.
Stock Performance - Amazon vs Walmart5:25

Part I - Asset Turnover Ratio3:50
Part II - Inventory Turnover Ratio3:20
Part III - Receivables Turnover Ratio3:33
Calculate the receivables turnover ratio from net sales divided by average accounts receivable to gauge collection efficiency. Amazon yields about 15, while Walmart yields about 83.39, indicating Walmart collects faster.
Part IV - Scorecard - Amazon vs Walmart1:23
Wal-Mart shows a slight advantage in inventory turnover ratio and a higher asset turnover ratio, while Amazon leads in receivables turnover ratio.

Part I - Debt to Equity Ratio4:20
Compute the debt to equity ratio to assess financial leverage and risk. Amazon shows about 1.2x debt to equity, while Walmart sits near 1.0x, indicating higher leverage for Amazon.
Part II - Interest Coverage Ratio4:09
Calculate and compare the interest coverage ratio for Amazon and Walmart using EBIT and interest expense, showing Amazon at 9.2x and Walmart at 8.7x.
Part III - Scorecard - Amazon vs Walmart1:21
Compare the debt-to-equity and interest coverage ratios for Amazon and Walmart, noting Walmart's lower leverage and Amazon's higher interest coverage, ending in a draw on capital structure.

What Makes this Course Different?

1) Learn through examples

We will utilize Amazon & Walmart’s Financial Information to ‘Learn through examples’

2) Scorecard

We will maintain a ‘Scorecard’ of Amazon and Walmart’s performance throughout our Analysis

3) Gain Insights

We will ‘Gain Insights’ into the Financial Performance of Amazon versus Walmart

In this course, we will cover the following topics:

A) Financial & Trending Analysis:

B) How to calculate Financial Ratios:

C) Go through key highlights & tables from Amazon and Walmart’s Form-10K filing

Students – Business, Accounting, Finance & Commerce students
Professionals - Financial Analysts, Accountants & Managers
Investors & Individuals – Those who want to gain insight into Amazon’s and Walmart’s Financial Performance
Life-long learners – Those who are interested in ‘picking up a new skill’