Selected financial data for a recent year for two discount retail chains, Walmart Stores, Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corporation, are presented here (in U.S. $ millions, except for share price):

Instructions
(a) For each company, calculate the following values and ratios. Where available, industry averages have been included in parentheses.
1. Working capital (n/a)
2. Current ratio (1.2:1)
3 Debt to total assets (74%)
4. Basic earnings per share (n/a)
5. Price-earnings ratio (26.4 times)
(b) Compare the liquidity, solvency, and profitability of the two companies and their industry.

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Current assets Total assets Current liabilities Total liabilities Income available to common shareholders Share price Weighted average number of common shares Walmart Costco $60,239 $17,299 $199,581 $33,440o $64,619 $16,540 $115,970 $22,597 $14,694 $2,377 $65.39 $133.58 3,207 439