Analysis of CarMax Auto dealership within an Service group industry
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company_analysis.docxAnalysis of CarMax Auto dealership within an Service group industry
The Equity Analyst Project concludes with a final team assignment. The company analysis is based on your team’s industry selection in the Team Analysis of Select Industry Groups assignment. Your team is next asked to determine which public firm classified within the industry you have selected as the most promising is itself the most promising investment within that industry.
Company Analysis with an Industry Group
Selected industry – Service (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/ind_index.html)
Selected industry group – Auto dealership (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/744.html)
Selected company within industry group – CarMax (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/52/52706.html)
Note: The public company that I choose to write on is CarMax Auto dealership.
Beyond the information available at Yahoo! Finance more detailed information on any public company is available in the company's annual (10-K) and quarterly (10-Q) SEC filings. The SEC's database of reports is accessible at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html . Please note that searches of the SEC database can be conducted using the company’s stock ticker symbol or its CIK (Central Index Key) number, which is used by the SEC's systems to identify filers. Mergent Online, available via the University’s online library, provides a company's CIK. Alternatively, information is available in the company's annual report (often available on the company's homepage or via http://www.annualreports.com/ ).
Write a 2 page analysis paper on CarMax Auto Dealership Company based on the Team Industry Analysis attached. In conducting your analysis you are strongly encouraged to draw on Stock Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis. There is also ample support online. Here are a few possibilities:
-- http://www.investopedia.com/university/stockpicking/
-- http://www.fool.com/school/basics/basics06.htm
-- http://www.fool.com/School/HowtoValueStocks.htm
-- http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/valuation/stockvalue.htm
