Description
I choose AT&T as my company for this
Overview: Profitability Ratios
This week we will focus on the company’s profitability ratios. Profitability ratios are very important to investors. Companies often use these ratios when evaluating its managers.
If you wish to change companies, go to the discussion thread for Discussion 1 to reserve your new company making sure no one else has already reserved it. If you decide to stay with the same company you used for Discussion 1, there is no need to re-reserve it.
Profitability should be viewed from three different perspectives:
- Profitability in relation to sales.
- Profitability in relation to assets.
- Profitability in relation to equity.
It is quite possible for the company to perform well from one perspective and poorly from another.
Report Headings
Name of Company and Ticker Symbol: Company name, ticker symbol
10-K Report: Paste the direct URL to the company’s most recent 10-K Report
Company Website: Paste the URL to the company’s website
Industry name and NAICS Code: Provide the name and NAICS code associated with the Industry Average data.
Profitability Ratios: Follow the formatting in the example below to present the data. See this sample eStatement Studies document for help in finding the industry average data needed for this assignment.
20XX | 20XX | 20XX | Industry Average** | |
Gross Profit Margin | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Operating Profit Margin | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Pre-Tax Net Profit Mg | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Pre-Tax Return on Equity (Pre-Tax Profit* / Shareholders Equity) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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Pre-Tax Return on Assets (Pre-Tax Profit** / Total Assets) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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*use Pre-Tax Profit to make the comparison to the industry average more accurate.
**There will be a single industry average for the gross, operating, and pre-tax net profit margins. List all 3 industry average figures for the pre-tax return on equity and the pre-tax return on assets.
Evaluation: Share what we learn from the data and information collected for this discussion. Interpret each of the ratios. Review the Financial Ratios Guidelines document for direction. Do you see any red flags? How profitable is the company in relation to sales? How profitable is it in relation to assets? How profitable is it in relation to equity? Sufficiently examining the data and information collected will likely require at least 250 words.
The sample e-statement studies document is below.
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Running Head: AT&T INC.
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AT&T Inc. (T)
Name
Date
Institution
AT&T INC.
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Report Headings
AT&T Inc. (T)
10-K Report: https://last10k.com/sec-filings/t
Company Website: https://www.att.com/
Industry name and NAICS Code:
NAICS 1: 517312 (Wireless Telecommunications Carriers except for satellite)
NAICS 2: 334220 (Radio and TV broadcasting and wireless communications equipment
manufacturing).
Profitability Ratios:
2017
2018
2019
Industry
Average**
Gross Profit Margin
(Gross Profit / Sales)
51....