Signature Assignment: A Financial Statement Analysis – A Comparative Analysis of Apple, Inc. and Microsoft, Inc.

Please could you change the ratios and summary values.

This course contains a Course Project, where you will be required to submit one draft of the project at the end of Week 6, and the final completed project at the end of Week 8. Using the financial statements for Apple Inc. and Microsoft, Inc., respectively, you will calculate and compare the financial ratios listed further down this document and prepare your comments about the two companies’ performances based on your ratio calculations. The entire project will be graded by the instructor at the end of the final submission in Week 8, and one grade will be assigned for the entire project.

Financial Statement

Below is the link for the financial statements for Apple Inc. for the fiscal year ending 2022.

https://investor.apple.com/investor-relations/default.aspxLinks to an external site.

When you arrive at this website, please do the following.

First, select SEC Filings, next select Annual Filings using the drop-down arrow labeled All Filings and then select 2022, using the drop-down arrow labeled Year,

You should select the 10-K dated 10/28/2022 and choose to download in PDF, HTML, or Excel format. The PDF format is the best format for searching.

Below is the link for the financial statements for Microsoft, Inc. for the fiscal year ending 2022.

Links to an external site.https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/sec-filings.aspxLinks to an external site.

Once on the page, filter out the “Annual Filings” and “2022” year, which will bring up the link to the 10-K report.  Click on Documents for the 10-K dated 07/28/2022. Finally, click on the .pdf link next to the Form 10-K. This will open the 10-K in HTML format which is searchable.

Sample Project TemplateLinks to an external site. is available for download. The sample project compares the ratio performance of Nike and Under Armour using the 2014 financial statements of Nike and Under Armour provided at their websites.


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