Compare and evaluate Tesla financial statements based on the below points. Size

o total assets and total revenue

o market cap

Growth

o asset growth and revenue growth

o market to book ratio

o price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio)

Use following ratios or financial statemen item to compare and analyze business performance.

Profitability

o gross profit percentage (LO 5.6)

o return on assets (LO 1.6)

o return on common stockholders’ equity, earnings per share, and the price/earnings ratio (LO 13.7)

Solvency

o debt ratio (LO 2.5)

o debt to equity (12.6)

o free cash flows

Liquidity

o current ratio (LO 4.6)

o acid-test ratio (LO 8.5)

Operating Efficiency

o inventory turnover, days’ sales in inventory (LO 6.6)

o accounts receivable turnover ratio, and days’ sales in receivables (LO 8.5)

o asset turnover ratio (LO 9.6)

Standardization is associated with which of the following management orientations? a) ethnocentric orientation b) polycentric orientation c) regiocentric orientation d) geocentric orientation

If the findings and the results are not presented properly, the research completed was a waste of time and money. true false

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?