APPLE 1 APPLE 2 Apple – Financial Statement Name University Financial Management Prof December 2020 Apple The most important stakeholders of a company are their investors. Investors could be someone who is part of the company where they actually serves a purpose or it could be just a person who wants to be a part of the company but every investor usually always do a research on their own about the company they intend to invest in. Cash flow, income statement and balance sheet are most important financial statements of a company that an investor can use to get insights about it. Having such insights helps the investors make a better decision on their investment plan and can help calculate the rate of return on their investment over a period of time. (Crawford, n.d.) We have three important financial statements, income statement, cash flow and the balance sheet for the Apple inc. (Please refer appendix section).

We have the historical data of Apple Inc. and we will now be using adjusted closing values in order to calculate the rate of return for the past 20 years. (Please refer financial statement IV under appendix section). Once we have the close price for past 20 years, all we have to do in put those values into our formula in order to calculate the rate of return. This is one of the very important aspect as an investor, as it helps them understand if the company is making profits or surviving losses. And this eventually helps them make decision on whether to invest or not in a particular company. (Beattie, 2020). Formula: ROI = Final Value of Investment – Initial value of investment / Cost of investment * 100 The above formula helps the investor calculate the profit/loss percentage based on the investment done towards a company.

It is very well known that the higher the percentage value, higher the profits. Now plugging are values into the above formula: ROI = [(444.46 – 0.92) / 0.92] * 100 = 48,210 % The final percentage value states that the Apple Inc. has grown significantly in the last 20 years, with the return rate of 48,210% approximately. After looking at this data investors will be more inclined to make their investment in Apple Inc. Beta is another important aspect; which investors consider before investing into any company. Beta helps the investor understand the risks that comes along with the stocks.

If the value of Beta is more than one, then the returns are considered to be higher, but with higher returns comes higher risks. On the other hand, if the value of Beta is less than 1, then the returns are considered to be low, but with low risk as well. (Nickolas, 2019). In order to get the value of beta, we need to divide the value of convergence to its variance. Hence, for apple we get the value of beta as 1.29. And like I mentioned above, if the value of beta is higher than 1, then there are higher returns with higher risks.

So, in this case too, Apple stocks have higher returns, but it comes with great risk. Return on Annual rate of U.S. treasuries can be calculated using the value of beta. We need to calculate this rate as a risk-free rate hence we require U.S. treasury bond yield rate and the premium towards equity (Chen, 2019). Once we have all the intended values, we simply plug it into our formula: Return = Yield rate + Value of Beta * Premium Equity = (1.24 + 1.29) * 5.50 = 8.28 % This 8.28% is the percentage of the risk-free returns that the investors will get by investing into U.S. national treasuries. Debt is another important aspect that the investor needs to consider before investing into any company.

If the company has an ample amount of debt, it won’t be a good idea to invest into such company unless they consider taking extremely high amount of risks. Cost of debt helps the investors get the insights of the company and its structure. By understanding the debt, the investors get to know the risk involved by investing in a particular company. This cost of debt is nothing but the average rate of interest that a company or a firm pays off against their debt. (Zarzycki, 2018). This cost of debt can be calculated by dividing expenses on interest paid to the tax amount subtracted by 1.

We know for apple the interest amount is 77 and the Tax rate is . Cost of Debt = interest amount / (1 – Tax rate) = 3.22 % The percentage of cost of debt is only 3.22 % which is very low, and hence Apple Inc. can be a good company to do the investments for any investors. Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is nothing, but the analysis of company’s capital utilized on each of its equally distributed proportion of departments. WACC and Beta are inter-related where if the value of Beta goes up than the value of WACC goes up as well. On the other hand, if the value of Beta goes down then the value of WACC also goes down.

WACC = Equity / Debt + Equity * Re + Debt / Debt + Equity * Rd * (1 – T) Where, Re = Cost of Equity Rd = Cost of Debt T = Tax shield Now, let’s calculate WACC for Apple inc., WACC = 7.16% 7.16% indicates a strong capital structure of apples each source. After performing a bunch of calculations, I believe it is safe to say that the investors can invest into Apple Inc. as they can expect higher returns. Apple inc. also have a good future and will be a great investment opportunity for the investors. Average Annual Rate of Return We will now be calculating Average annual rate of return for 5 big companies. We will be calculating average annual rate of return for the year 2019 and 2020 (latest).

You’ll find data related to average annual return for past 20 years in the Appendix. Apple We know that the Average price of Apple stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were 8.2559 and 4.1174. (Apple inc., n.d.). Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the following formula: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 314..2559 / 208.2559 = 0.5083 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as 0.5083, which is equivalent to 51%. It means that the apple had 51% of Average annual rate of return hike from the year 2019 to 2020. Microsoft Similarly, we know that the Average price of Microsoft stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were 0.382 and 8.147. (Microsoft inc., n.d.).

Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 178..382 / 130.382 = 0.366 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as 0.366, which is equivalent to 37%. It means that the Microsoft inc. had 37% of Average annual rate of return hike from the year 2019 to 2020. Walmart Similarly, we know that the Average price of Walmart inc. stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were 8.4054 and 0.8603 (Walmart inc., n.d.). Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 120..4054 / 108.4054 = 0.114 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as 0.114, which is equivalent to 11%.

It means that the Walmart inc. had 11% of Average annual rate of return hike from the year 2019 to 2020. Marriot Similarly, we know that the Average price of Marriot inc. stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were 9.393 and 2.9254 (Marriot inc., n.d.). Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 102..393 / 129.393 = -0.2045 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as -0.2045, which is equivalent to negative 20%. It means that the Marriot inc. suffered losses of 20% of Average annual rate of return from the year 2019 to 2020. Coca Cola Similarly, we know that the Average price of Coca Cola inc. stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were .8279 and .4781 (Coca Cola inc., n.d.).

Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 49..8279 / 50.8279 = -0.0325 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as -0.0325, which is equivalent to negative 3%. It means that the Coca Cola inc. suffered losses of 3% of Average annual rate of return from the year 2019 to 2020. To conclude I would say that the investors should consider all the above-mentioned aspects and factors before investing into any company. Companies with technologies are booming in today’s world. Especially due to this pandemic, all the major companies are going online, because of which some are making profits, and some are struggling to survive.

I would say the best bet would be to invest in any IT company such as apple or google, who can survive and return profits even in the situations like COVID 19. References Apple Inc. Common Stock (AAPL). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from activity/stocks/aapl Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Beattie, A. (June 1 , 2020).

A Guide to Calculating Return on Investment (ROI). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Chen, J. (June 25, 2020). Risk-Free Rate of Return. Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Crawford, C. (n.d.). Purpose of Financial Analysis.

Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Hargrave, M. (April 20 , 2020). Weighted Average Cost of Capital – WACC. Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Marriott International, Inc. (MAR). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Microsoft Corporation (MSFT). (n.d.). Retrieved from on October 11, 2020 Nickolas, S. (June 11, 2019).

The Formula for Calculating Beta. Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jordan, R. D., (2018).

Fundamentals of corporate finance (12 th ed.). McGraw-Hill The Coca-Cola Company (KO). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Walmart Inc. (WMT). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Appendix Figure 1: Income Statement, Retrieved from Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.). Figure 2: Balance Sheet, Retrieved from Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.).

Figure 3: Cash Flow, Retrieved from Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.). Figure 3: Close Price Figure 4: Annual Rate of Return Figure 5: Annual Rate of Return Figure 6: Annual Rate of Return Figure 7: Annual Rate of Return Figure 8: Annual Rate of Return We’ve all grown up with varying degrees of “save the planet†rules, regulations, and suggestions. Natural resources have been used, abused, and depleted throughout the lifetime of civilization to the point where we are reaching out more to harness wind and solar power to help sustain future generations. As a whole, the human race is one of the biggest disrupters of ecosystems. We throw aside so much waste, from wrecked vehicles to product packaging, that we have become desensitized to the damage we are creating.

Today, many businesses have developed corporate social responsibility (CSR) plans to address environmental damage caused by civilization. Companies like Walt Disney, Lego, Google, Ben and Jerry’s, and many others are devoting money and time to making the world a better place. Please respond to the following: · To what extent do you personally make purchasing choices based on a company’s social responsibility, brand, or reputation? Explain what motivates you to make these choices. Explain your opinion. · Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.

Respond to classmate below: Good afternoon class and professor I hope all is well. I don't go to a store with a conscious mind of their social responsibility, reputation, but it's part of my final decision before i purchase. Lets take Denny's for instance, I used to love their breakfast but after they had the racial discrimination against them I no longer eat their food. Some Jordans shoes I personally don't like, but because of the brand I purchase them anyways. I download the rapper Moneybagg Yo on Apple Music before I hear it because his reputation of making good music.

We might not consciously think we ask ourselves these questions through every purchase, but we do. Whenever I make a purchase my first thought is the like I have for it. If the label has a bad name I choose not to purchase. I didn't wear Tommy Hilfiger for over 20 years because he said something racist. He has nice clothes though. I like companies with good name, personality, and nice products.

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Apple Inc.: A Financial Analysis for Investors

Introduction

Apple Inc. (AAPL), as one of the foremost technology companies in the world, significantly influences the market dynamics and presents a lucrative opportunity for investors. In evaluating Apple for potential investment, three pivotal financial statements are examined: the income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet. Investors utilize these documents to assess the company's financial health, potential for growth, and the risks associated with investing in the stock. This paper aims to highlight the fiscal performance of Apple Inc over the past two decades and will include a detailed calculation of critical metrics like returns on investment (ROI), the cost of debt, and the weighted average cost of capital (WACC).

Financial Statements Overview

Apple's income statement provides insights into its revenues and expenses over specified periods, revealing profit margins and overall profitability. The cash flow statement, on the other hand, offers a detailed breakdown of cash inflows and outflows, which is crucial for assessing liquidity and operational efficacy. Lastly, the balance sheet reflects the company's financial position at a specific point in time, indicating assets, liabilities, and shareholder equity (Hargrave, 2020).

Historical Performance and Return on Investment

Apple’s performance over the past 20 years shows a remarkable growth trajectory. Using adjusted closing value data, we calculate the return on investment (ROI) for the period, employing the formula:
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For Apple Inc., where the closing price concluded at 4.46 and began at approximately

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APPLE 1 APPLE 2 Apple – Financial Statement Name University Financial Management Prof December 2020 Apple The most important stakeholders of a company are their investors. Investors could be someone who is part of the company where they actually serves a purpose or it could be just a person who wants to be a part of the company but every investor usually always do a research on their own about the company they intend to invest in. Cash flow, income statement and balance sheet are most important financial statements of a company that an investor can use to get insights about it. Having such insights helps the investors make a better decision on their investment plan and can help calculate the rate of return on their investment over a period of time. (Crawford, n.d.) We have three important financial statements, income statement, cash flow and the balance sheet for the Apple inc. (Please refer appendix section).

We have the historical data of Apple Inc. and we will now be using adjusted closing values in order to calculate the rate of return for the past 20 years. (Please refer financial statement IV under appendix section). Once we have the close price for past 20 years, all we have to do in put those values into our formula in order to calculate the rate of return. This is one of the very important aspect as an investor, as it helps them understand if the company is making profits or surviving losses. And this eventually helps them make decision on whether to invest or not in a particular company. (Beattie, 2020). Formula: ROI = Final Value of Investment – Initial value of investment / Cost of investment * 100 The above formula helps the investor calculate the profit/loss percentage based on the investment done towards a company.

It is very well known that the higher the percentage value, higher the profits. Now plugging are values into the above formula: ROI = [(444.46 – 0.92) / 0.92] * 100 = 48,210 % The final percentage value states that the Apple Inc. has grown significantly in the last 20 years, with the return rate of 48,210% approximately. After looking at this data investors will be more inclined to make their investment in Apple Inc. Beta is another important aspect; which investors consider before investing into any company. Beta helps the investor understand the risks that comes along with the stocks.

If the value of Beta is more than one, then the returns are considered to be higher, but with higher returns comes higher risks. On the other hand, if the value of Beta is less than 1, then the returns are considered to be low, but with low risk as well. (Nickolas, 2019). In order to get the value of beta, we need to divide the value of convergence to its variance. Hence, for apple we get the value of beta as 1.29. And like I mentioned above, if the value of beta is higher than 1, then there are higher returns with higher risks.

So, in this case too, Apple stocks have higher returns, but it comes with great risk. Return on Annual rate of U.S. treasuries can be calculated using the value of beta. We need to calculate this rate as a risk-free rate hence we require U.S. treasury bond yield rate and the premium towards equity (Chen, 2019). Once we have all the intended values, we simply plug it into our formula: Return = Yield rate + Value of Beta * Premium Equity = (1.24 + 1.29) * 5.50 = 8.28 % This 8.28% is the percentage of the risk-free returns that the investors will get by investing into U.S. national treasuries. Debt is another important aspect that the investor needs to consider before investing into any company.

If the company has an ample amount of debt, it won’t be a good idea to invest into such company unless they consider taking extremely high amount of risks. Cost of debt helps the investors get the insights of the company and its structure. By understanding the debt, the investors get to know the risk involved by investing in a particular company. This cost of debt is nothing but the average rate of interest that a company or a firm pays off against their debt. (Zarzycki, 2018). This cost of debt can be calculated by dividing expenses on interest paid to the tax amount subtracted by 1.

We know for apple the interest amount is $3577 and the Tax rate is . Cost of Debt = interest amount / (1 – Tax rate) = 3.22 % The percentage of cost of debt is only 3.22 % which is very low, and hence Apple Inc. can be a good company to do the investments for any investors. Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is nothing, but the analysis of company’s capital utilized on each of its equally distributed proportion of departments. WACC and Beta are inter-related where if the value of Beta goes up than the value of WACC goes up as well. On the other hand, if the value of Beta goes down then the value of WACC also goes down.

WACC = Equity / Debt + Equity * Re + Debt / Debt + Equity * Rd * (1 – T) Where, Re = Cost of Equity Rd = Cost of Debt T = Tax shield Now, let’s calculate WACC for Apple inc., WACC = 7.16% 7.16% indicates a strong capital structure of apples each source. After performing a bunch of calculations, I believe it is safe to say that the investors can invest into Apple Inc. as they can expect higher returns. Apple inc. also have a good future and will be a great investment opportunity for the investors. Average Annual Rate of Return We will now be calculating Average annual rate of return for 5 big companies. We will be calculating average annual rate of return for the year 2019 and 2020 (latest).

You’ll find data related to average annual return for past 20 years in the Appendix. Apple We know that the Average price of Apple stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were $208.2559 and $314.1174. (Apple inc., n.d.). Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the following formula: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 314..2559 / 208.2559 = 0.5083 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as 0.5083, which is equivalent to 51%. It means that the apple had 51% of Average annual rate of return hike from the year 2019 to 2020. Microsoft Similarly, we know that the Average price of Microsoft stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were $130.382 and $178.147. (Microsoft inc., n.d.).

Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 178..382 / 130.382 = 0.366 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as 0.366, which is equivalent to 37%. It means that the Microsoft inc. had 37% of Average annual rate of return hike from the year 2019 to 2020. Walmart Similarly, we know that the Average price of Walmart inc. stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were $108.4054 and $120.8603 (Walmart inc., n.d.). Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 120..4054 / 108.4054 = 0.114 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as 0.114, which is equivalent to 11%.

It means that the Walmart inc. had 11% of Average annual rate of return hike from the year 2019 to 2020. Marriot Similarly, we know that the Average price of Marriot inc. stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were $129.393 and $102.9254 (Marriot inc., n.d.). Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 102..393 / 129.393 = -0.2045 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as -0.2045, which is equivalent to negative 20%. It means that the Marriot inc. suffered losses of 20% of Average annual rate of return from the year 2019 to 2020. Coca Cola Similarly, we know that the Average price of Coca Cola inc. stocks in the year 2019 and 2020 were $50.8279 and $49.4781 (Coca Cola inc., n.d.).

Now in order to calculate the average annual rate of return, we use the same formula as before: Average Annual rate of return = (Final stock price - Initial stock price) / Initial stock price = 49..8279 / 50.8279 = -0.0325 Hence, we get the final Average Annual rate of return as -0.0325, which is equivalent to negative 3%. It means that the Coca Cola inc. suffered losses of 3% of Average annual rate of return from the year 2019 to 2020. To conclude I would say that the investors should consider all the above-mentioned aspects and factors before investing into any company. Companies with technologies are booming in today’s world. Especially due to this pandemic, all the major companies are going online, because of which some are making profits, and some are struggling to survive.

I would say the best bet would be to invest in any IT company such as apple or google, who can survive and return profits even in the situations like COVID 19. References Apple Inc. Common Stock (AAPL). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from activity/stocks/aapl Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Beattie, A. (June 1 , 2020).

A Guide to Calculating Return on Investment (ROI). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Chen, J. (June 25, 2020). Risk-Free Rate of Return. Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Crawford, C. (n.d.). Purpose of Financial Analysis.

Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Hargrave, M. (April 20 , 2020). Weighted Average Cost of Capital – WACC. Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Marriott International, Inc. (MAR). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Microsoft Corporation (MSFT). (n.d.). Retrieved from on October 11, 2020 Nickolas, S. (June 11, 2019).

The Formula for Calculating Beta. Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jordan, R. D., (2018).

Fundamentals of corporate finance (12 th ed.). McGraw-Hill The Coca-Cola Company (KO). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Walmart Inc. (WMT). (n.d.). Retrieved on October 11, 2020 from Appendix Figure 1: Income Statement, Retrieved from Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.). Figure 2: Balance Sheet, Retrieved from Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.).

Figure 3: Cash Flow, Retrieved from Apple Inc. (APPL). (n.d.). Figure 3: Close Price Figure 4: Annual Rate of Return Figure 5: Annual Rate of Return Figure 6: Annual Rate of Return Figure 7: Annual Rate of Return Figure 8: Annual Rate of Return We’ve all grown up with varying degrees of “save the planet†rules, regulations, and suggestions. Natural resources have been used, abused, and depleted throughout the lifetime of civilization to the point where we are reaching out more to harness wind and solar power to help sustain future generations. As a whole, the human race is one of the biggest disrupters of ecosystems. We throw aside so much waste, from wrecked vehicles to product packaging, that we have become desensitized to the damage we are creating.

Today, many businesses have developed corporate social responsibility (CSR) plans to address environmental damage caused by civilization. Companies like Walt Disney, Lego, Google, Ben and Jerry’s, and many others are devoting money and time to making the world a better place. Please respond to the following: · To what extent do you personally make purchasing choices based on a company’s social responsibility, brand, or reputation? Explain what motivates you to make these choices. Explain your opinion. · Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.

Respond to classmate below: Good afternoon class and professor I hope all is well. I don't go to a store with a conscious mind of their social responsibility, reputation, but it's part of my final decision before i purchase. Lets take Denny's for instance, I used to love their breakfast but after they had the racial discrimination against them I no longer eat their food. Some Jordans shoes I personally don't like, but because of the brand I purchase them anyways. I download the rapper Moneybagg Yo on Apple Music before I hear it because his reputation of making good music.

We might not consciously think we ask ourselves these questions through every purchase, but we do. Whenever I make a purchase my first thought is the like I have for it. If the label has a bad name I choose not to purchase. I didn't wear Tommy Hilfiger for over 20 years because he said something racist. He has nice clothes though. I like companies with good name, personality, and nice products.