Module 6 Discussion – Evaluate Deere & Company (DE)

Prompt

Respond to the following question: In your response – be specific about the evaluative tools/ratios (at least three must be discussed) and indicate why you have chosen them and how they are useful in evaluating the financial statements of a company.  Do not repeat your supporting information for each tool.

Scenario:

You are interested in investing in Deere and Company (ticker DE), which is a manufacturer of farm and heavy construction machinery.  Address the following information:

What types of financial tools/ratios should you use to evaluate the company? Explain 3 tools/ratios that you are using and why you have chosen these tools/ratios.

Conduct the calculations for your tools based on the financials for Deere and Company.  Post your results.  NOTE:  Yahoo Finance is an excellent resource for finding financial information on a company.

Based on your analysis of Deere and Company using your three tools/ratios, would you invest in the company? Why or why not?

Instructions

An initial posting should be made by Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST (to allow for completion of the Start Here module). You should also substantively contribute to the discussion by replying to at least two of other studentàpostings, two of the responses should be made in two separate days by Sunday at 11:59 PM EST. 

Students are expected to answer each posted question, as well as respond to two fellow students. For full credit, responses must demonstrate a complete understanding of the topic, be posted on time and submitted on two different days of the week, and add to the value of the discussion topic. Participation of each student is vital to the overall learning environment of the class as a whole, and it is essential that each student post in response to each question in a timely manner.  Please refer to the online discussion rubric for full grading criteria.

• Postings made after the week ends will not be accepted. 
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• Module 6 Assignment

Instructions

This assignment is due Sunday at 11:59 PM EST.

Prompt

Complete Chapter 17’s End-of-Chapter Exercises ( https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_financial-acco… ) 

Prepare and submit in Excel the following:

Questions:  #1, 4, 5, 7, & 9

Multiple Choice: #1, 3, & 6  (OK to list only the problem number and the letter of your choice)

Problem: #4