Final Business Report

MODULE 09 COURSE PROJECT 1

MODULE 09 COURSE PROJECT 2

The stock performance of Microsoft Corporation is good or is strong” (Bragg, S. M.). That can be probably to the strong growth of the cloud computing from the company’s products on offer including the Office 365 and Windows Azure among others. According to market estimation of the cloud computing sector, it is likely that Microsoft’s performance in the sector may pride of a “10 percent of its total revenue in the next two years” (Kimmel, P. D., Weygandt, J. J., &Kieso, D. E). That in turn represents a significant growth drives for Microsoft only that the consumer segment appears to be dwindling in terms of profits. That has greatly played a huge role in the flat stock performance of the company. The company stock performance this year is different from the previous years when the company actually posted an increase of over “17 percent which in turn topped the investor value”(yahoo finance.com) that can be attributed to the fact that the company is heavily investing in the smart devices.

In the case of Apple, the company’s stock performance is positive as it offers potential investors an opportunity to increase on their shares. However, that has no significant impact on the market performance of the company. What it means is that the management of the Apple is confident of their company’s continued growth in terms of company shares. “The company’s stock value of 0.04 is a selling point as it attracts common investors” (Bragg, S. M.).

Starbucks stock performance is positive in that i9t is a reflection of strong revenue throughout the trading year as well as the retail revenues and store growth. The same can be attributed to the fact that a higher revenue means that the company had a positive operating leverage as a result of improved gross margin. That in turn provides the opportunity for the company to grow.

“In terms of stock performance for CVS and RAD indicate the companies are leaders and strong performers” (Bragg, S. M) that one can see the changes in price indicating the company’s stock performance in comparison with other players in the industry. In terms of valuation, the company uses the price earnings in performing the relative valuation of itself as well as the peers in the industry concerning shareholders. In comparison with the stock performance of other companies, there no significant difference since both companies seems to be performing well in the market. “In the case of CVS, its return on equity shows that based on investment in the company, money is generated at a rate of 15.38%” (Bragg,S.M.), of all the firms selected, none has a preferred convertible investment but they all have different approaches that they attract investors.