Amazon.com, Inc.s financial statements are presented in Appendix D. Financial statements of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented

Question:

Amazon.com, Inc.’s are presented in Appendix D. of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. are presented in Appendix E. Instructions for accessing and using the complete annual reports of Amazon and Wal-Mart, including the notes to the are also provided in Appendices D and E, respectively.

Instructions
(a) Based on the information contained in these determine each of the following for each company.
(1) The percentage increase (decrease) in (i) net sales and (ii) net income from 2010 to 2011.
(2) The percentage increase in (i) total assets and (ii) total common stockholders’ (shareholders’) equity from 2010 to 2011.
(3) The basic earnings per share and price-earnings ratio for 2011. (For both Amazon and Wal-Mart, use the basic earnings per share.) Amazon’s had a market price of $214.75 at the end of fiscal-year 2011, and Wal-Mart’s had a market price of $57.90.
(b) What conclusions concerning the two companies can be drawn from these data?

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