Financial accounting 16th Edition by Jan Williams,Susan Haka,Mark Bettner ,Joseph Carcello

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The financial statements of large public companies are often accompanied by a multiple-year summary of key financial and other information that is helpful in understanding the company.ppendix A of this text includes the financial statements of Home Depot, Inc. and selected other information from the company's 2012 annual report.ncluded is a five-year Summary of Financial and Operating Results for the period 2008-2012.ocate this summary in Appendix A and respond to the following.
a.onsidering the "store data" section of the five-year summary, what conclusions can you draw about the change in size of Home Depot, Inc. during the five-year period
b.omment on the five-year trend in net earnings as a percentage of sales and what this trend means to you as an investor in the company.
c.as the company's liquidity improved or diminished over the five-year period Justify your answer.