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Mba 630 Final

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MIL $

2015

2014

2013

Revenue

485,651

476,294

468,651

Gross Profit

120,565

118,225

116,354

SG&A Expense

93,418

91,353

88,629

Operating Income

27,147

26,872

27,725

Net Income

16,363

16,022

16,999

Walmart Income Statement Summary

%

2015

2014

2013

Revenue

2%

1.6%

5%

Gross Profit

24.3%

24.3%

24.3%

SG&A Expense

19.4%

19.3%

19%

Operating Income

Net Income

Question 1: What 3 items of important information does the income statement reveal about the financial performance of the company over the last three years? 

Revenue: Should be growing over time: According to the Walmart SEC Reporting their growth has been in fact growing as it has increased 17M from 2013 to 2015.

Gross Profit: Should be a stable % of Sales Revenue.  The gross Profit for Walmart has in fact been stable remaining at 24.3% from 2013 through 2015.

SG&A Expense: Should be a stable % of Sales Revenue. The SG&A for Walmart ha been relatively stable, but the SEC filing reveals there has been a slight increase each year.

Conclusion: These three important pieces of information reveals that Walmart is financially a little shaky. From 2013 to 2014 they lost $977,000, but then improved by increasing revenue by $340,778 from 2014 to 2015.  Their operating income also took a dive during 2014. But managed to slightly recuperate in 2015. Despite the up and downs of their income statements, Walmart manages to remain relatively stable.

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