![]() Applying a horizontal trend analysis for Walmart, it is clear that it is not the first year the company faces liquidity issues, and from year to year, the value of the ratio is actually getting worse as it has dropped around 18% from 2016 to 2018. Amazon is the closest to the average making it the safest among these companies. However, having such high ratio could raise some questions regarding how eBay manages its assets and if some money could be used for investment purposes. As for our three companies, one can observe that Amazon and eBay are more liquid compared to Walmart which is obviously facing issues with too much short-term debts to cover and yet not enough current assets. This capacity is determined by the amount of current assets a company has in hand. The first short-term liquidity measure is the current ratio which measures a company’s ability to pay-off its short-term debts (Investopedia. In 2005, eBay created “Kijiji” an online classified advertising service. eBay is now an e-market platform with also online tickets exchange called StubHub. ![]() eBayThe auction and shopping website eBay was founded by a Persian-American entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar in 1995. ![]() The number of employees working in Amazon now is 563,100, and the recorded revenue of company back in December 2017 is 177. The enlargement began in 1999 as the company started selling various new products such as clothing, electronics, movies, etc. The first public offering took place in May 1997 as it was listed on the NASDAQ Global Select. Back in 1994, the company was established as an e-commerce book retailer. Jeff Bezos, an American entrepreneur, is the founder, chairman and CEO of Amazon, the second company in history to be worth 1 Billion $ just last after a journey of 24 years. Walmart is the world's biggest company by revenue with over US$500 billion, according to Fortune Global 500 list in 2018 as well as the largest private employer in the world with 2. It has wholly owned operations in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Canada, and South Africa. and Canada, as ‘Walmart de México y Centroamérica’ in Mexico and Central America, as Asda in the United Kingdom, as the Seiyu Group in Japan, and as Best Price in India. The company runs under the name Walmart in the U. ![]() As of January 31, 2018, Walmart has 11,718 stores and clubs in 28 countries, under 59 different names. It also owns and operates Sam's Club retail warehouses. Founded in 1962 by Sam Waltonin, it is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, and was incorporated on October 31, 1969. is an American multinational retail business that runs a chain of hypermarkets, discount departments, and grocery stores. ![]()
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