Need accounting help with Financial Statement Analysis Project

Your Course ProjectFinancial StatementAnalysis Project—A Comparative Analysis of Kohl’s Corporation and J.C. PenneyCorporationBelow is the link for the financialstatements for Kohl’s Corporation for the 2010 fiscal year ending January 29,2011. Under the term Groupings Filter, changethe term All Forms to Annual Filingsusing the drop-down arrow and press Search. You should then scroll down and selectthe 10k dated 3/18/2011 and choose to download in Word or PDF format. http://www.kohlscorporation.com/InvestorRelations/sec-filings.htmBelow is the link for the financialstatements for J.C. Penney Corporation for the 2010 fiscal year ending January29, 2011. Under the term Groupings Filter, change the term All Forms to Annual Filings using the drop-down arrow and press Search.You should then scroll down and selectthe 10k dated 3/29/2011 and choose to download in Word format. http://ir.jcpenney.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=70528&p=irol-secA sample project template isavailable for download in Doc Sharing. The sample project compares the ratioperformance of Tootsie Roll and Hershey using the 2012 financial statements ofTootsie Roll and Hershey provided at their websites. DescriptionThis course contains a Course Projectwhere you will be required to submit one draft of the project at the end ofWeek 5 and the final completed project at the end of Week 7. Using thefinancial statements for Kohl’s Corporation and J.C. Penney Corporation,respectively, you will calculate and compare the financial ratios listed furtherdown this document for the fiscal year ending 2010 and prepare your comments about two companies’ performancebased on your ratio calculations. The entire project will be graded by the instructor at theend of the final submission in Week 7 and one grade will be assigned for theentire project.Overall RequirementsFor the Final SubmissionYourfinal Excel workbook submission should contain the following. You cannot useany 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, yourinstructor’s name, and the title for the project2.  A completed worksheet profiles tab,which contains a one-paragraph description regarding each company withinformation about their histories, what products they sell, where they arelocated, and so on3.  All 16 ratios for each company withthe supporting calculations and commentary on your worksheet ratio tab. Supportingcalculations must be shown either as formulas or as text typed into differentcells. The ratios are listed further down this document. Your comments for eachratio should include more than just a definition of the ratio. You shouldfocus on interpreting each ratio number for each company and support yourcomments with the numbers found in the ratios.4.  The Summary and Conclusionsworksheet tab, which is an overall comparison of how each company compares interms 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 betterinvestment and why. 5.  The Bibliography worksheet tab must containat least your textbook as a reference. Any other information you use to profilethe companies should also be cited as a reference.Required Ratios for Final ProjectSubmission1. Earnings per Share of Common StockCurrent RatioGross Profit MarginRate ofReturn on Sales (Net Profit Margin) Inventory TurnoverDays’ InventoryOutstanding (DIO) 7. Accounts Receivable Turnover 8. Days’ Sales Outstanding (DSO) Asset TurnoverRate ofReturn on Total Assets (ROA) Debt RatioTimes InterestEarned RatioDividendYield (For the purposes of thisratio, use Yahoo Finance to look up current dividend yield and stockprice; just note the date that you looked up this information.)Rate of Returnon Common Stockholders’ Equity (ROE)Free Cash FlowPrice/Earnings Ratio (Multiple)(For the purpose of this ratio, forboth Kohl’s and J.C. Penney, use the market price per share on January 31,2011.)TheExcel files uploaded in the Dropboxes should not include any unnecessarynumbers or information (such as previous years' ratios, ratios that were notspecifically asked for in the project, etc.). Pleaseupload your final submission to the Week 7 Dropbox by Sunday at the end of Week7.Forthe DraftCreate an Excel spreadsheet or usethe project template to show your computations for the first 10 ratios listedabove. The more you can complete regarding the other requirements, the closeryou will be to completion when Week 7 arrives. Supporting calculations must beshown either as formulas or as text typed into different cells. If you plan oncreating your own spreadsheet, please follow the format provided in the TootsieRoll and Hershey template file.  Please upload your draft submissionto the Week 5 Dropbox by Sunday at the end of Week 5.OtherHelpful InformationIf you feel uncomfortable withExcel, you can find many helpful references on Excel by performing a Googlesearch. Chapter 13 contains ratiocalculations and comparison comments related to Apple and Dell so you willlikely find this information helpful.BigCharts.com provides historicalstock quotes. Either APA or MLA style can be usedto complete the references on your Bibliography tab. There is a tutorial forAPA and MLA style within the Syllabus. Grade InformationThe entireproject will be graded by the instructor at the end of the final submission in Week7, and one grade will be assigned for the entire project. The project will count for 18% of your overall coursegrade. CategoryPoints%DescriptionDocumentationand Formatting95%The report will be submitted inthe form of an Excel Workbook, with each page (worksheet) of the workbooknamed appropriately. Please do not use any other software (such as MS Works orLotus) to complete the project.A quality report will include a title worksheet tab, a worksheet tab forthe profile of the two companies, a worksheet tab for the ratio calculationsand comments, a worksheet tab for the summary and conclusion, propercitations if applicable, and a Bibliography worksheet tab for the references.Organizationand Cohesiveness95%A quality report will includethe content described above in the documentation and formatting section.The ratios should be listed in the same order in which they appear in theproject information above.Editing1810%A quality report will be freeof any spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. Sentences and paragraphswill be clear, concise, and factually correct. Ratios will be expressed asnumbers or percentages, depending on what is appropriate, as isshown in the textbook. Note that notall ratios are shown as percentages. Two decimal places is sufficient foreach of the ratios. Content14480%A quality report willhave correct ratio calculations and accurate supporting commentary. Anyassumptions, if made, should be spelled out clearly. Supporting calculationsmust be shown either as formulas or as text typed into different cells.Total180100%A quality report will meet orexceed all of the above requirements.