Overview During this course, you will complete a final project. The purpose of t
Overview During this course, you will complete a final project. The purpose of the final project is to allow you to use all of the concepts studied during the course to analyze a publicly traded company of your choice. After completing the analysis, you will submit a report on the financial condition of the company. Instructions • Choose any publicly traded company of your choice • Locate the company’s latest published annual report • Review the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows • Calculate a minimum of 7 ratios from the ratios studied during the course • Complete an analysis of the financial condition of the company based on the ratio analysis and additional information found in the annual report • Your final report should consist of the following: o Overview of the company and its industry o Products/services offered o History of the stock price o Results of the financial ratio analysis o Key financial highlights and lowlights found in the annual report o Key points from the CEO’s letter to shareholder’s in the annual report o Recommendations to the company on how to improve its financial performance for the future. o Provides the decision on whether to invest or not in this company with supporting information based on the financial analysis completed. • Length of assignment – The final project should be 5 to 7 pages, not including the financial statements and the ratio analysis, which should be placed in the Appendix. The assignments should be submitted in a Word document with spreadsheets embedded in the Word document, as needed. o A cover page is also required, but not part of the 5 to 7 pages of content. A properly formatted reference page and corresponding in-text citations are also required. • You should use APA formatting • A minimum of five scholarly citations are required • Acceptable sources include scholarly articles published within the last five years and your textbook.
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