Student: Finance and Foods Market

CASE ASSIGNMENT
Select a major industrial or commercial company based in the United States, and listed on one of the major stock exchanges in the United States. Each student should select a different company. Avoid selecting an insurance company or a bank, as the financial ratios for these financial businesses are different. Write a 7 – 8 page double spaced paper answering and demonstrating with calculations and financial data the following questions:
What is the name of the company? What is the industry sector?

The company name is Whole Foods Market Inc. Whole foods market, Inc. is the Food Retailers & Wholesalers industry.
The products include: grocery, seafood, bakery, prepared foods, meat and poultry, dietary and nutritional supplements, vitamins, specialty (beer, wine and cheese) body care products, floral and household products and pet products.

What are the operating risks of the company?

Organic foods market has several laws and regulations relating to health, sanitation and food labeling.
FDA, FTC, CPSC, USDA and EPA have set standards for the manufacture, packaging, and advertising of organic products. If failure to qualify these standards could result in the confiscation of marketing and sales licenses.

What is the financial risk of the company (the debt to total capitalization ratio)?
Debt to total capitalization ratio = Debt / (Shareholder’s equity + Debt) ————————————————- 1,300,770 / 4,292,075 = 30. 31%
Does the company have any preferred stock? No, the Whole foods market, Inc. does not have any preferred stock.
What is the capital structure of the company? : Short term portion of Long Term Debt, Long Term Debt, Preferred Stock (if any), and market value f Common Stock issued and outstanding?
How has the company’s stock been performing in the last 5 years?
In May 2007, the price of common stock was $39. 74 per share, but it dropped to $8. 19 per share in 2009. Although after the recession of price drop, the price begins the raise up to $86. 47 per share now.
How would you assess the overall risk structure of the company in terms of its Operating Risks and Financial Risk (Debt to Capitalization Ratio)?

Total debt/total equity
0. 0063

Total debt/total capital
0. 0063

Would you invest in this company? Why? Or Why not?
Officially I would invest portion of my assets into the portfolio. Since the price has raise from the last two years in an even steady price.
Even though they have two small period of time that drop for about 15%. Overall the stock market seems to be passive about the movement of the behavior optimistically. Therefore be hold within the smaller beta that show less variable of the changes. I believe this could be a chance to be rich! 18. The last page of your paper should be a Bibliography of the sources you used to prepare this paper.
Bibliography:

http://www. wikinvest. com/stock/Whole_Foods_Market_(WFM)
http://www. thestreet. com/quote/WFM/details/company-profile. html
http://yahoo. brand. edgar online. com/displayfilinginfo. spx? FilingID=8260392-165255- 169255&type=sect&TabIndex=2&companyid=10959&ppu=%252fdefault. aspx%253fcik%253d865436
http://www. investopedia. com/terms/d/debt-to-capitalratio. asp#axzz1v5caUyeq
http://www. marketwatch. com/investing/stock/wfm/profile
http://finance. yahoo. com/q? s=WFM&ql=1
http://www. investopedia. com/terms/c/costofequity. asp#axzz1v5caUyeq
http://www. thestreet. com/quote/WFM/details/growth-rates. html * http://www. wikiwealth. com/wacc-analysis:wfm
http://markets. ft. com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Financials? s=WFM:NSQ