Financial Management-Pre Work Assignment

Pre-Work Assignment, Fall 2022, Page 1 of 1

MBA-675: Pre-Work Assignment

Fall 2022

Assignment Write-Up

You have been assigned company Quest Diagnostics ( Stock Symbol-DGX) to study and you should research this company online to develop an understanding of the company’s business and business model/strategic plan. Based on this information and the financial information provided, you must provide a self-contained analysis of your company with a written report. Your analysis must, at a minimum, address the following points (with complete justification if an opinion is provided):

1. An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of your company based purely on an analysis of the (raw) financial statements alone.

2. A discussion of the ratios that are relevant (and/or irrelevant) to the analysis of your company based on the company’s business. Be sure to justify your discussion.

3. An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of your company purely based on an analysis of the ratio data alone.

4. An integrated discussion of the conclusions from items 1 and 3 as it relates to the company and whether this financial information reflects operations of the company consistent with the business plan you have identified.

5. A discussion of how an outsider (e.g., investor) would view your assigned company based on the financial information provided.

Deliverables

You are expected to deliver the following:

1. A five-to-seven-page written discussion of your analysis above.

Due Date

You must submit the written discussion to Blackboard prior to Module Two.

For online students, the written discussion paper must be submitted in Blackboard by Midnight (CST) on Monday, Oct. 24.

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