In no more than 5 typed pages, identify Target’s Strengths and Weaknesses relative to Walmart’s (in other words, how are the two firms different in 2022).
Differences in resources or capabilities are one of the possible CAUSES of that performance.
Use your own observations as well as other sources to speculate concerning the causes of the firm’s relative performance.
Ratio Calculation Target Target Walmart Walmart NI/NS COGS/NS SG&A Exp/NS Deprec. Exp/NS Int. Exp./NS ROE: NI/SE Equity Multiplier TA/SE ROA: NI/TA TAT: NS/TA CAT: NS/CA Inv. Turn.: NS/Inv. NS/Cash ARTurn.: NS/AR NS/prop, plant, & equip. Debt/TA Current: CA/CL Acid Test : CA-Inv/CL Co. owned / total stores NS/store NS/Employee NS/sq. ft.
