Throughout this course, you will examine various financial aspects of Deere & Company. These examinations will culminate in a summative evaluation of the company in your Final Project. Start by reviewing the Final Project instructions in Week 6. Then, download and review the appropriate quarterly and annual report for Deere & Company based on the following instructions.

Files to Download

• Download the quarterly reports (10Q) for Deere & Company from the Investor Relations: SEC FilingsLinks to an external site. webpage on the Deere & Company website.

Note: Save these files for easy retrieval, as you will be referring to them throughout the course and in your Final Project.

Part 2

As you will explore throughout this course, financial data plays a critical role when it comes to making business decisions for an organization. There are three primary financial statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and the Statement of Cash Flows. For this assignment, assess the characteristics of each financial statement by addressing the following components:

• List the primary sections found in each of the financial statements.
• Explain how each financial statement provides useful information that is not available in the other financial statements.
• Explain how each financial statement provides unique information that can be useful when making business decisions.
• Looking at the statement of cash flows you downloaded for Deere & Company in Part 1, identify the major inflows and outflows of cash for each section of the statement of cash flows.

The Analyzing Financial Statements paper

• must be at least three use 3 sources 

 Block, S. B., Hirt, G. A., & Danielson, B. R. (2022). Foundations of financial management (18th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education