Accounting

FINANCIAL ANALYLSIS PROJECT

AC 200 Survey of Accounting

Select a publicly traded corporation that has been in the news recently. Analyze the corporation and

write a paper, which should be three (3) to five (5) pages long. The components of the analysis / paper

should be:

 A brief overview of the company: products made, or services provided, senior officials (e.g.,

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer

(CFO), and President), headquarters location, size, etc.

 A brief overview of the industry and chief competitors

 Provide a financial analysis of the company by comparing the financial statements for the last two

(2) to three (3) years (you can get summary financial statement data from Google Finance, Yahoo

Finance, the selected company’s annual report, equity analysts, and other sources)

 Perform some limited ratio analysis of the comparative financial statements: (1) current ratios,

(2) acid test ratios, (3) debt to equity ratios, (4) total asset turnovers, and (5) returns on common

stockholder’s equity. Are the ratios improving or deteriorating? Why?

 References: provide at least 3 (e.g., financial analysis by equity analysts as listed on Google

Finance or Yahoo Finance for the company; company annual statements; Wall Street Journal or

Forbes articles, etc.). Do Not Use WIKI!

NOTE: Google Finance or Yahoo Finance provide links to recent news, analysis by equity analysts,

annual report, Edgar (the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website), and other significant

sources of information.

To summarize the organization of the paper is as follows:

Main Body- 3 to 5 pages

Reference page

Email the name of your corporation by midnight on September 22, 2014. Paper is due midnight on

September 28, 2014. You will upload your paper to a folder in Week 5 (click on Financial Analysis

Projects in Assignments and you will find the folder).