Course Project: A Financial Statement Analysis
A Comparative Analysis of Nike, Inc. and Under Armour, Inc.
Below is the link for the financial statements for Nike, Inc. for the fiscal year ending 2014. First, select
2014 using the drop-down arrow labeled Year, and then select Annual Filings using the drop-down arrow
labeled All.
You should select the 10k dated 7/15/2014, and choose to download in PDF, Word, or Excel format.
http://investors.nike.com/investors/news-events-and-reports/?toggle=filings
Below is the link for the financial statements for Under Armour, Inc. for the fiscal year ending 2014.
First, select Annual using the drop-down arrow labeled View, and then select 2015 using the drop-down
arrow labeled Year.
You should select the 10k dated 2/20/2015, and choose to download it in PDF or Excel format.
http://www.uabiz.com/sec.cfm
A sample project template is available for download from the Course Resources page’s Course-Specific
Resources section. The sample project compares the ratio performance of Tootsie Roll and Hershey
using the 2014 financial statements of Tootsie Roll and Hershey provided at their websites.
Description
This course contains a Course Project, where you will be required to submit one draft of the project at the
end of Week 5, and the final completed project at the end of Week 7. Using the financial statements for
Nike, Inc. and Under Armour, Inc.,respectively, you will calculate and compare the financial ratios listed
further down this document for the fiscal year ending 2014, and prepare your comments about the two
companies’ performances based on your ratio calculations. The entire project will be graded by the
instructor at the end of the final submission in Week 7, and one grade will be assigned for the entire
project.
Overall Requirements
For the Final Submission:
Your final Excel workbook submission should contain the following. You cannot use any other software
but Excel to complete this project.
1. A Completed Worksheet Title Page tab, which is really a cover sheet with your name, the course,
the date, your instructor’s name, and the title for the project.
2. A Completed Worksheet Profiles tab which contains a one-paragraph description regarding each
company with information about their history, what products they sell, where they are located, and
so forth.
3. All 16 ratios for each company with the supporting calculations and commentary on your
Worksheet Ratio tab. Supporting calculations must be shown either as a formula or as text typed
into a different cell. The ratios are listed further down this document. Your comments for each
ratio should include more than just a definition of the ratio. You should focus on interpreting each
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ratio number for each company and support your comments with the numbers found in the ratios.
You need to specifically state which company performed better for each ratio.
4. The Summary and Conclusions Worksheet tab is an overall comparison of how each company
compares in terms of the major category of ratios described in Chapter 13 of your textbook. A
nice way to conclude is to state which company you think is the better investment and why.
5. The Bibliography Worksheet tab must contain at least your textbook as a reference. Any other
information that you use to profile the companies should also be cited as a reference.
Required Ratios for Final Project Submission
1.
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5.
6.
7.
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9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
Earnings per Share of Common Stock
Current Ratio
Gross (Profit) Margin Percentage
Rate of Return (Net Profit Margin) on Sales
Inventory Turnover
Days’ Inventory Outstanding (DIO)
Accounts Receivable Turnover
Days’ Sales Outstanding (DSO)
Asset Turnover
Rate of Return on Total Assets (ROA)
Debt Ratio
Times-Interest-Earned Ratio
Dividend Yield [For the purposes of this ratio, use Yahoo Finance to look up current
dividend per share and stock price; just note the date that you looked up this information.]
14. Rate of Return on Common Stockholders’ Equity (ROE)
15. Free cash flow
16. Price-Earnings Ratio (Multiple) [For the purpose of this ratio, for Nike, use the market price
per share on May 30, 2014, and for Under Armour, use the market price per share on
December 31, 2014.]
The Excel files uploaded in the Dropboxes should not include any unnecessary numbers or
information (such as previous years' ratios, ratios that were not specifically asked for in the
project, etc.).
Please upload your final submission to the Week 7 Dropbox by the Sunday ending Week 7.
For the Draft:
Create an Excel spreadsheet or use the project template to show your computations for the first 10 ratios
listed above. The more you can complete regarding the other requirements, the closer you will be to
completion when Week 7 arrives. Supporting calculations must be shown either as a formula or as text
typed into a different cell. If you plan on creating your own spreadsheet, please follow the format provided
in the Tootsie Roll and Hershey template file.
Please upload your draft submission to the Week 5 Dropbox by the Sunday at the end of Week 5.
Other Helpful Information:
If you feel uncomfortable with Excel, you can find many helpful tutorials on Excel by performing a Google
search.
Chapter 13 contains ratio calculations and comparison comments related to Apple and Dell, so you will
likely find this information helpful.
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BigCharts.com provides historical stock quotes.
Either APA or MLA style can be used to complete the references on your Bibliography tab. There is a
tutorial for APA and MLA style within the Plagiarism link, which can be accessed through the Syllabus.
Grade Information
The entire project will be graded by the instructor at the end of the final submission in Week 7,
and one grade will be assigned for the entire project. The project will count for 15% of your overall
course grade.
Category
Points
%
Description
Documentation
and Formatting
9
6%
The report will be submitted in the form of an
Excel Workbook, with each page (worksheet)
of the workbook named appropriately. Please
do not use any other software (such as MS
Works or Lotus) to complete the project. A
quality report will include a Title Worksheet
tab, a Worksheet tab for the profile of the two
companies, a Worksheet tab for the ratio
calculations and comments, a Worksheet tab
for the summary and conclusion, proper
citations if applicable, and a Bibliography
Worksheet tab for the references.
Organization
and Cohesiveness
6
4%
A quality report will include the content
described above in the documentation and
formatting section. The ratios should be listed
in the same order in which they appear in the
project information above.
Editing
15
10%
A quality report will be free of any spelling,
punctuation, or grammatical errors.
Sentences and paragraphs will be clear,
concise, and factually correct. Ratios will be
expressed as numbers or
percentages, depending on what
is appropriate, as is shown in the
textbook. Note that not all ratios are shown
as percentages. You should be consistent
with the number of decimal places used in the
Course Project template.
Content
120
80%
A quality report will have correct ratio
calculations and accurate supporting
commentary. Any assumptions, if made,
should be spelled out clearly. Supporting
calculations must be shown, either as a
formula, or as text typed into a different cell.
Total
150
100%
A quality report will meet or exceed all of the
above requirements.
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Go to the Course Resources page within the CourseSpecific Resources section. The Course Resources
page is under Course Home.
Complete your Title page on this tab.
Please include your name, the course, the date,
your instructor's name, and the title for the project.
Complete one paragraph, profiling each company's business, including
information such as a brief history, where they are located, number of
employees, the products they sell, and so forth. Please reference any
websites that you used for the Profiles on the Bibliography tab.
Tootsie Roll Industries began in a small candy store in New York in 1896.
Tootsie Roll is now headquartered in Chicago and primarily sells their
products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. According to Yahoo
Finance, Tootsie Roll has 2,000 full-time employees. Tootsie Roll sells the
following branded candy: Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pop, Charms Blow Pop,
Mason Dots, Andes, Sugar Daddy, Charleston Chew, Double Bubble, Razzles,
Caramel Apple Pop, and Junior Mints. Tootsie Roll had 2014 net product sales
of $539.9 million.
Hershey Company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1893 and is
headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania. According to Yahoo Finance,
Hershey has 20,800 full-time employees. Hershey is famous for Good &
Plenty, Hershey Bar, Hershey's Kisses, Hershey's Bliss, Reese's, Rolo,
Twizzlers, Almond Joy, Kit Kat, and Ice Breakers. Hershey had net product
sales of $7.4 billion for 2014.
Use this Excel spreadsheet to compute ratios; show your computations for all ratios on this tab, and also include your commentary.
The 2014 financial statements used to calculate these ratios are available in the Investor Relations section of the Tootsie Roll and Hershey websites.
Tootsie Roll
Interpretation and comparison between the two companies' ratios (reading
Chapter 13 will help you prepare the commentary).
Hershey
The comparison of the ratios is an important part of the project. A good approach is to briefly explain what the ratio
tells us. Indicate whether a higher or lower ratio is better. Then compare the two companies on this basis.
Remember—each ratio below requires a comparison.
Earnings per Share of Common Stock (basic - common)
Current Ratio
As given in the income statement
$
1.05
$
3.91
Current assets
Current liabilities
$264,621
$64,459
=
4.11
$2,247,047
$1,935,647
=
1.16
Gross margin
Net sales
$198,962
$539,895
=
36.9%
$3,336,166
$7,421,768
=
45.0%
Net income
Net sales
$63,298
$539,895
=
11.7%
$846,912
$7,421,768
=
11.4%
Inventory Turnover
Cost of goods sold
Average inventory
$340,933
$66,118
5.2
times
$4,085,602
$730,289
Days' inventory outstanding (DIO)
365
Inventory turnover
365
5.2
=
71
days
365
5.6
=
65
days
Accounts Receivable Turnover
Net sales (assume all sales are credit sales)
Average net accounts receivable
$539,895
$41,987
=
12.9
$7,421,768
$537,426
=
13.8
Days' Sales Outstanding (DSO)
365
Accounts receivable turnover
365
12.9
28.4
days
365
13.8
=
26.4
days
Net sales
Average total assets
$539,895
$899,398
=
0.60
$7,421,768
$5,493,502
=
1.35
=
7.0%
=
15.4%
Gross (Profit) Margin Percentage
Rate of Return (Net Profit Margin) on Sales
Asset turnover
Rate of Return on Total Assets (ROA)
Debt Ratio
Times-Interest-Earned Ratio
Dividend Yield
(Please follow the Course Project instructions to calculate the current dividend yield.)
Rate of Return on Common Stockholders' Equity (ROE)
Free cash flow
Price-Earnings Ratio (Multiple)
(Please see the Course Project instructions for the dates to use for this ratio.)
Rate of return on sales times asset turnover
=
5.6
times
Total Liabilities
Total Assets
$219,250
$910,386
=
24.1%
$4,109,986
$5,629,516
=
73.0%
Income from operations
Interest expense
$83,923
$99
=
847.7
1,389,575
83,532
=
16.6
Dividend per share of common stock (Yahoo Finance 12/24/2015)
Market price per share of common stock (Yahoo Finance 12/24/2015)
$0.36
$32.04
=
1.1%
$2.33
$90.32
=
2.6%
Net income - Preferred dividends
Average common stockholders' equity
$63,298
$685,721
9.2%
$846,912
$1,567,791
=
54.0%
=
Net cash provided by operating activities minus cash payments earmarked
for investments in plant assets
Market price per share of common stock as of 12/31/2014
Earnings per share
=
$30.65
$1.05
=
$
$78,065
29
492,274
=
$103.93
$3.91
=
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You all get the chance to play the role of financial analyst below. The summary should
be a comparison of each company's performance for each major category of ratios
listed below. Focus on major differences as you compare each company's performance.
A nice way to conclude is to state which company you feel is the better investment and
why.
Measuring Ability to Pay Current Liabilities: Tootsie Roll has the advantage for the current ratio. Tootsie
Roll has $4.11 in current assets for every dollar in current liabilities, while Hershey has only $1.16 in
current assets for every dollar in current liabilities.
Measuring Turnover: Hershey has the advantage for the inventory turnover and accounts receivable
turnover ratios. Hershey turns over its inventory 5.6 times to Tootsie Roll's 5.2 times, and Hershey turns
over its accounts receivable 13.8 times to Tootsie Roll's 12.9 times.
Measuring Leverage - Overall Ability to Pay Debts: Tootsie Roll has significantly less debt than Hershey as
evidenced by Tootsie Roll's 24.1% debt-to-asset ratio as compared to Hershey's 73% debt-to-asset ratio.
Tootsie Roll can cover its interest expense 847.7 times with income before interest and taxes, while
Hershey can only cover its interest expense 16.6 times with their income before interest and taxes. Tootsie
Roll has the advantage for each of these ratios.
Measuring Profitability: Hershey has the advantage for 4 of the 5 profitability ratios. Hershey has a
significant edge in return on common stockholders' equity, with a 54% return on common stockholders'
equity, as compared to Tootsie Roll's 9.2% return on common stockholders' equity. Hershey has a higher
gross profit rate (45.0%–36.9%), while Tootise Roll has a higher net profit margin ratio (11.7%–11.4%).
Hershey also has a significant advantage for asset turnover (1.35–.60) and rate of return on total assets
(15.4%–7.0%).
Analyzing Stock as an Investment: Hershey returns a 2.6% dividend yield to its investors, while Tootsie
Roll's yield is 1.1%. Hershey has positive free cash flow of $492.2 million, while Tootsie Roll has positive
free cash flow of $78.1 million. Free cash flow can be used to undertake acquisitions, pay additional
dividends, pay down debt, or buy back stock.
Conclusion: Tootsie Roll is the safer investment when you examine their ability to pay current liabilities
and overall liabilities; however, Hershey has the advantage for the turnover and profitability ratios. For the
conservative investor, Tootsie Roll looks like the way to go because of their strong current and timesinterest-earned ratios. For the growth-oriented investor, Hershey is the way to go because of their stronger
profitability ratios and large amount of free cash flow.
Your textbook and any information that you use to profile the companies should be cited as a reference below.
Big Charts for Hershey (12/31/2014). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=hsy&closeDate=12%2F31%2F14&x=0&y=0
Big Charts for Tootsie Roll (12/31/2014). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/default.asp?symb=tr&closeDate=12%2F31%2F14&x=0&y=0
Harrison, W.T., Horngren C.T. & Thomas, C.W. (2015). Financial Accounting, 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Hershey's 2014 Annual Report (2015). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from
http://www.thehersheycompany.com/pdfs/PDF_Proxy%20Statement_2014.pdf
HSY Profile (2015). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=HSY+Profile
HSY Stock Price (2015). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=hsy&ql=1
Tootsie Roll Industries 2014 Annual Report (2015). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from
TR Profile (2015). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=TR+Profile
TR Stock Price (2015). Retrieved December 24, 2015 from http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TR&ql=1
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