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Financial Ratio Analysis
Using the XYZ Balance Sheet and Income Statement linked in the Resources and the table provided below, complete the following for XYZ Inc.:
- Calculate the indicated ratios for XYZ.
- Construct the DuPont equation for both XYZ and the industry.
- Use your analysis to outline XYZ’s strengths and weaknesses.
- Say XYZ had doubled its sales as well as its inventories and common equity during 2013. Do you think this would this affect the validity of your ratio analysis? No calculations are necessary.

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Library Resources
- de Rezende, F. C. (2011). The structure and the evolution of the U.S. financial system, 1945–1986. International Journal of Political Economy, 40(2), 21–44.
- Hall, R. E. (2010). Why does the economy fall to pieces after a financial crisis? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(4), 3–20.
- Sherman, E. H. (2011). Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Amacom.
- Chapter 3: Financial Analysis Using Ratios.
- Fight, A. (2005). Cash flow forecasting. Jordan Hill, GBR: Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Chapter 4: Cash Flow Forecasting of Financial Statements.
- Downes, J., & Goodman, J. E. (2014). Dictionary of finance and investment terms (9th ed.). Hauppague, NY: Barron’s.
- Brigham, E. F., & Houston, J. F. (2016). Fundamentals of financial management (14th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.
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