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I chose to analyze Wal-Mart stores financial ratios. Wal-Mart is the largest and the well performing stores in the retailer industry. The company has the widest market coverage with over 11,100 stores in 27 countries. According to the S&P 500 Index, the Wal-Mart features among the top ten company`s dues to its market cap of over $275 billion. As at 2016, the company had generated net turnover of approximately $483 billion However, the company faces some stiff competition from other large players in the industry such as Costco, Kroger, Best Buy and Target. Despite the intensive competition, the company has remained a big player in the market due to its large economies of scale, wide market coverage and good business-level strategy. The company financial performance has been improving over the years, and to demonstrate this, the paper seeks to analyses, Wal-Mart key financial ratios to summarize the financial statements and investigate the company performance trend. basing on its 10K reports the year ended January, 2016 and the Quarter ended in October, 2016 is calculated
* Gross Profit Margin
Gross margin is determined by dividing gross profit by its revenue. In other words, gross margin is a percentage of gross profit out the sales of revenue. That is:
Gross Margin Ratio = Gross Margin/ Net Sale (N...
