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Financial Analysis Report 150 points
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this assignment is to expose you to the type of information contained in an annual report as well as learn where to locate specific financial data within the report. You will use the annual report from your assigned company to complete the three parts of this assignment. Please reference (and print) the pages from the annual report used to gather information for this case study. Each of the three parts of this assignment will be evaluated on the criteria outlined below.
Company Profile
–
15 points
GOAL: For this section of the assignment you will have to locate pertinent company information contained
in the annual report
or on financial websites (examples include: Bloomberg.com & finance.yahoo.com). Bullet pointing this information is appropriate for your report.
You will have to identify the
following items that are specific to your company
:
*Ticker symbol
*Mission Statement as it is printed in the Annual Report
*Corporate headquarters location
*Date of Incorporation
*Public Auditor
*Name of CEO
*Name of CFO
*Stock classifications (common, preferred, both?)
*Exchange (e.g.: NYSE, Nasdaq)
*Dividends (have they been issued, when were they last issued, and for how much)
Industry Profile
–
25 points
GOAL: For this section of the assignment you will have to locate pertinent company information contained on financial websites (
ONE
example is finance.yahoo.com).
Identify the
market sector
to which your company belongs. Describe what makes a company part of this market sector.
Define the
industry
to which your company belongs. Describe what makes a company part of this industry. Identify 3 industry leaders and 3 industry laggards.
Locate (using Bloomberg or Yahoo Finance) and attach your
company’s stock performance in comparison to your company’s two largest competitors’ stock performance over the past two years.
Note on the graph three events. These can be company, industry or
market specific events. In detail, describe the events and their
effect on your company’s stock performance. This can be done
either in Excel or using web based applications as the data set is large in this example.
Explain what is meant by Market Capitalization. Graph, using a pie chart in Excel, your company versus other companies (at least 3)
in the industry
with market capitalization data. Make observations and describe your observations. Make sure your graph is labeled properly including a legend, a title, and appropriate data labels as well.
Financial Statement Research
–
30 points
GOAL: For this section you should locate data in both the Income Statement and Balance Sheet. You will have to find the data from the
two most current consecutive years
available for each of the items listed below. You will then have to create an Excel.
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1. Please find a famous U.S. campany to finish this research paper.
Please follow the instruction carefully. Thank you.
Financial Analysis Report 150 points
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this assignment is to expose you
to the type of information contained in an annual report as well
as learn where to locate specific financial data within the
report. You will use the annual report from your assigned
company to complete the three parts of this assignment. Please
reference (and print) the pages from the annual report used to
gather information for this case study. Each of the three parts of
this assignment will be evaluated on the criteria outlined below.
Company Profile
–
15 points
GOAL: For this section of the assignment you will have to
locate pertinent company information contained
in the annual report
or on financial websites (examples include: Bloomberg.com &
finance.yahoo.com). Bullet pointing this information is
appropriate for your report.
You will have to identify the
following items that are specific to your company
:
*Ticker symbol
*Mission Statement as it is printed in the Annual Report
*Corporate headquarters location
*Date of Incorporation
*Public Auditor
*Name of CEO
*Name of CFO
*Stock classifications (common, preferred, both?)
*Exchange (e.g.: NYSE, Nasdaq)
*Dividends (have they been issued, when were they last issued,
and for how much)
2. Industry Profile
–
25 points
GOAL: For this section of the assignment you will have to
locate pertinent company information contained on financial
websites (
ONE
example is finance.yahoo.com).
Identify the
market sector
to which your company belongs. Describe what makes a
company part of this market sector.
Define the
industry
to which your company belongs. Describe what makes a
company part of this industry. Identify 3 industry leaders and 3
industry laggards.
Locate (using Bloomberg or Yahoo Finance) and attach your
company’s stock performance in comparison to your company’s
two largest competitors’ stock performance over the past two
years.
Note on the graph three events. These can be company, industry
or
market specific events. In detail, describe the events and their
effect on your company’s stock performance. This can be done
either in Excel or using web based applications as the data set is
large in this example.
Explain what is meant by Market Capitalization. Graph, using a
pie chart in Excel, your company versus other companies (at
least 3)
in the industry
with market capitalization data. Make observations and describe
3. your observations. Make sure your graph is labeled properly
including a legend, a title, and appropriate data labels as well.
Financial Statement Research
–
30 points
GOAL: For this section you should locate data in both the
Income Statement and Balance Sheet. You will have to find the
data from the
two most current consecutive years
available for each of the items listed below. You will then have
to create an Excel spreadsheet to represent the data and then
calculate the percentage chang
e for those two consecutive years and indicate that change. On
the spreadsheet you should put information from the two
previous years as well as the percent change between those
years and your observations of what it all means.
You must include a copy of the Income Statement and the
Balance Sheet from the annual report for this section of the
assignment and highlight data used, as well as upload your
Excel spreadsheet with the aforementioned data analysis and
formula derivation.
Based on the data you gathered, what
overall
observations can you make about the company (that does not
mean just stating assets went up or down, but rather strategies,
trends or impacts)? You can include questions you would ask or
other information you would want to research.
*Sales
*Cost of Sales (COGS) *Gross Profit
*Net Income (loss) *Inventory
Financial Statement Analysis
–
40 points
*Cash
*Total Current Assets *Total Debt
*Total Equity
4. *Total Current Liabilities
GOAL: For this section you will use financial ratios to evaluate
the relationship between Balance Sheet and Income Statement
data from
the two most current consecutive years
in making determinations about company performance.
You are to compare this data to the averages for your
company’s industry.
Use at least three companies to calculate the industry average
(your company plus 2 others).
You must indicate which to firms were used to compile this
industry average data
.
For each ratio you should show the formula
used, enter your company’s numbers into that formula, compute
the ratio, and
assign the proper label to the answer ($, %, etc.). You will
complete this for
each of the two years’ data. Once again, an excel spreadsheet is
required to
complete this section. Two properly labeled graphs (including x
and y axis as well as titles) are to be created to show
relationships between your company and the industry. One
example of this could be showing return on investment for your
company versus the industry as a whole. Based on the data
gathered, what
overall
observations can you make about the company (that does not
mean just stating a ratio went up or down, but rather why, given
strategies, trends or impacts or particular input data)? You can
include questions you would ask or other information you would
want to research.
*Current Ratio/Liquidity *Inventory Turnover (sales/inventory)
*Debt to Equity Ratio *Profit Margin
5. *Return on Investment *One additional ratio of your choice
Interpretive Analysis
–
40 points
GOAL: Each of the ratios in Section 2 provide relevant
information to help answer specific questions about the
financial health of the company. You will have to interpret that
information by responding to each of the multi-part following
questions. The discussion should be thorough and incorporate
data and analysis from above.
1. What is meant by liquidity? Did the company experience and
increase or a decrease in liquidity over the two-year period
evaluated?
What effect do the liquidity figures have on the company’s long
term
and/or short term performance?
2. What is meant by Profit Margin? Did the company
experience an increase or decrease in profit margin over the two
year period evaluated? What effect do the Profit Margin figures
have on the
company’s long term and/or short term performance?
3. What is measured in a Debt to Equity ratio? Did the company
experience a change in its leverage over the two year period
evaluated?
What impact do these Debt to Equity figures have on the
company’s
overall long term and short term performance?
4. How does inventory and inventory turnover affect liquidity?
Did the company experience and increase or decrease in
inventory turnover?