Problem
A. Assess Woolworths Group Limited capital (structure of the selected company) over five-year period (i.e., 2017 - 2021) using the data collected from five years annual reports.
B. Use Debt ratios, Debt - equity ratios and Times interest earned ratios to assess the company's current performance against its past performance ( i.e., trend analysis) and its current performance against two competitors (i.e., industry analysis). Use 5-year financial data from 2017 to 2021 (conduct performance analysis over the 2017-2021 period). You are expected to calculate for these ratios yourself rather than picking these from financial databases that may have a different definition of the ratios.
C. Based on the findings found in a, what is your opinion about the company's capital structure, specifically the degree of financial leverage.