Company Analysis Costco (answer attached)

Conduct research and describe the company, its operations, locations, markets, and lines of business. Collect financial statements for the past 3 years, fiscal or calendar.

Ratio Analysis. Perform trend and ratio analysis on current and fixed assets, current and long term liabilities, owner's equity, sales revenues, EBIT, net income, and earnings per share. Project these trends 3 years in the future.

Stock Price Analysis. Research the company's common stock price for the past 5 years. Research the Standard & Poor's Stock Market Index (S&P 500) for the past 5 years. Chart the price movement in the company's common stock against the S&P price movement. State and support your opinion on the company's common stock as an investment today.

Foreign Operations. Select a company subsidiary or division operating outside of North America and describe the subsidiary's or division's operation, location, market(s), and line(s) of business, and how they relate to the parent company's operations. Compare the financial growth of its overseas operations for the past 3 years.

Global Analysis. Decide whether, in the event of an economic slowdown in the U.S., the company's overseas revenue generation might serve to shelter the parent from slow or negative growth in the U.S. market. Explain and support your opinion.

 NOTICE:

The answer ONLY includes:

Company Overview

Ratio Analysis

Liquidity Ratio

Asset management Ratio

Debt Management Ratio

Profitability Ratio

Market Value

Stock Price analysis

Foreign Operation

Global analysis

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