Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement & Competitive Analysis Walmart vs. Microsoft

use the 10k reports for both Walmart and Microsoft.

1. Which company is larger in terms of sales
2. Which company is larger in terms of net profits? Describe the difference between sales and net profit
3. Calculate the Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin (EBIT/Sales) and Net Profit margins of each firm. Discuss the differences in these margins and how various expenses might differ and create differences in margins. Do you think these differences are firm specific, or related to the industry or their respective businesses?
4. Which company had greater operating cash flow for the most recent fiscal year end? Explain the difference between cash flow and profits.
5. Which company has greater investing cash flow? Explain, from an industry perspective, why one might have a higher investing cash flow.
6. Which company has a higher financing cash flow? Are either company engaging in stock buybacks?
7. Perform a SWOT analysis on each company.

Discuss each company from the perspective of the Porters 5 force model