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Target (TGT) Financial Analysis
BUS 627: Financial Statement Analysis
Analysis of the company's financial statements enables investors and shareholders to
understand the financial position and the performance of a company. It provides qualitative and
quantitative data about a business. The income statement is one of the most important financial
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statement used by accountants and managers because it helps them understand the profit and loss
of a company during a specific period (Porter & Norton, 2018). The income statement allows
investors, lenders, potential lenders or investors, company management, competitors,
government agencies, labor unions, and others to see the company's ability to manage its
finances and operate at a surplus on profitability levels. Moreover, another critical report of the
financial statements of a company is the statement of cash flows. The announcement of cash
flows is divided into three activities or sections. Also, it measures the liquidity of a company in
terms of increase or decrease. For example, a positive cash flow indicates an increase in the
liquidity of the company, and on the contrary, negative cash flow shows a reduction in liquidity
(Porter & Norton, 2018).
This paper will analyze multiple financial statements for Target Corporation (TGT). It
will conduct horizontal and vertical analysis to understand the finances of TGT better. Moreover,
it will utilize the principles of the Warren Buffet Accounting textbook to answer the questions:
What are Target's primary expenses, secondary expenses, and gains? What is Target's primary
and secondary costs, financial activities generated fees, and losses? What is the revenue trend?
Does the 10-K or 10-Q discuss central revenues as well as other revenue types? What are the
drivers to the cost of income and the patterns? This paper will provide a throughout analysis of
Target's financial to understand better how the company is performing against other competitors
in the retail arena (Porter & Norton, 2018).
Here is a Horizontal analysis of Balance Sheet and Income statement (all
units are in million) for Target for Quarter four, 2019 (Q4) and Quarter one of 2020 (Q1):
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Increase/(Decrease)
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