1. Graph the high and low price of the company’s stock for each quarter of the last two years. What was the high and what was the low?
2. Were there any Non-Cash Investing/Financing Transactions? Describe the type and amount.
3. What is the dollar difference between accrual net income and Cash provided by Operations?
4. What investing activity provided the largest inflow of cash in the current year?
5. What investing activity used the largest amount of cash in the current year?
6. What financing activity provided the largest inflow of cash in the current year?
7. What financing activity used the largest amount of cash in the current year?
8. Does the company have sufficient cash inflows from the appropriate category? Describe any problems the company many experience with cash flow from your analysis of the cash flow statement.
9. Show the change in Retained Earnings for the 2 most recent years. What was net income for each year? How much was paid out in dividends each year?
10. Were the dividends on common stock and/or preferred stock? What was the amount of each?
11. Did Retained Earnings change for any reasons other than net income or dividends? Explain.
12. What classes of stock does your company have?
13. How many shares of each class of stock are authorized, how many are issued, and how many are outstanding?
14. Does your company have any treasury stock? How many shares and what dollar amount?
15. What is the par or stated value of each of your company’s stocks?
16. Are you optimistic or pessimistic regarding the future of your chosen corporation? Explain.
17. Would you invest in the stock of the company? Explain.
18. Would you invest in the bonds of the company? Explain.
Analysis: (use Excel to complete this section)
19. Provide common-size analysis of your company’s income statement and balance sheet for the 2 most recent years (must be done using Excel with formulas).
20. Provide horizontal analysis of your company’s income statement and balance sheet, showing the dollar amount and percent of change using the 2 most recent years (you must use an Excel spreadsheet with formulas).
21. Perform ratio analysis on your company using the ratios listed in Exhibit 17.16 on page 707 of your text (these must be in an Excel spreadsheet, using formulas to calculate the ratios). You should present them in a similar format as the text: group by category, list name of ratio, formula in words, and the ratio calculation. Give a short explanation of your conclusions about your company after each category of ratios (i.e. How liquid is your company? How efficiently is it using its assets? etc.).
Conclusions:
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