Financial Analysis: Costo v. Walmart
This project will be a comparison/contrast paper that shows a demonstration of the application of financial analysis and critical thinking.
1. Discuss each company’s current management of working capital and current assets:
a. How does seasonality affect cash balances and inventory management?
b. Is the company managing and using its current assets well? Why, or why not?
c. What type of financing strategy does the company use?
d. How might free cash flow impact financing and investing decisions?
2. Assume the firm needs to raise a large amount of cash. Compare the choices of raising these funds in the capital market versus the bond market , and make a decision as to what is best and why.
