Acc 561 Week 2 Assignment (100% Original and will run through Plagiarism checker)

American Corporation Analysis

Company CISCO 2011 and 2012

Resources Required

Students must access the website for an American corporation that they select. The website should provide the company’s annual report that contains the four financial statements.

Write paper of at least 500 words in which you conduct a comparative and ratio analysis to measure profitability and liquidity. The paper is no more than 1,000 words in length

Here is the company link: http://investor.cisco.com/financialStatements.cfm

Performs horizontal analysis for net sales comparing sales for 2011 and 2012:

http://investor.cisco.com/financialStatements.cfm

·         What was the difference in net sales between the two years? Answer is stated in dollars and as a percentage from the prior year.

·         Was the difference positive or negative? What caused the change and was it good or bad? Explain.

·         Students are required to attach an excel spreadsheet to support their analysis 

·         Performs at least two ratio analyzes for (1) liquidity, (2) solvency, and (3) profitability and shares interpretation of the results