Comparison of Firm Performance

Wal-Mart Macy's Amazon.com

Net operating revenues 469,162 27,686 74,452
Cost of goods sold 352,488 16,538 54,181
Gross profit 116,674 11,148 20,271
Selling, general, and administrative expense 88,873 8,482 19,526
Operating income 27,801 2,661 745
Interest expense 2,251 425 141
Other income (loss) - net 187 (134) (98)
Income before income taxes 25,737 2,102 506
Income taxes 7,981 767 161
Net income 17,756 1,198 274
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 7,781 1,836 8,658
Net receivables 6,768 371 4,767
Inventories 43,803 5,308 7,411
Total current assets 59,940 7,876 24,625
Property, plant and equipment 116,681 8,196 10,949
Goodwill 20,497 3,743 2,655
Other assets 5,987 615 1,930
Total assets 203,105 20,991 40,159
Liabilities and Stockholder Equity
Accounts payable 59,099 4,951 21,821
Short-term debt 12,719 124 -
Total current liability 71,818 5,075
Long-term debt 41,417 6,806 3,191
Total liabilities 126,243 14,940 30,413
Stockholder equity 76,343 6,051 9,746
 Performance Metrics
Nordstrom Inc. Wal-Mart Macy's Amazon.com
12,148 Return on Assets 9.46% 7.02% 0.91%
7,432 Return on equity 23.26% 19.80% 2.81%
4,716 ROFL 13.80% 12.78% 1.90%
3,371
1,345 Profit margin 4.10% 5.32% 0.49%
160 Asset turnover 2.31 1.32 1.85
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1,185 APT 5.96 3.34 2.48
450 ART 69.32 74.63 15.62
613 INVT 8.05 3.12 7.31
PPET 4.02 3.38 6.80
1,285 C2C (weeks) (1.51) 1.82 (10.50)
2,356
1,360
5,081
2,579
175
254
8,089

1,415
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3,124
6,176
1,913
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8.86%
32.04%
23.18%

5.90%
1.50

5.25
5.16
5.46
4.71
9.70