Posted: April 11th, 2024

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS-
INSTRUCTIONSHi Everyone,Please download and save this document for
your reference. For your Unit 3- Assignment 2 and Unit 6- Assignment 2, please
follow these instructions:You want to choose a publicly traded
company. (Note: Be sure to have your public company chosen by the end of Unit
1). Be sure that it is large enough so it contains a lot of easily found
financial information. I recommend using Yahoo’s financial web site at.yahoo.com/">http://finance.yahoo.com/ .You will write your Final Analysis paper
that includes the following:Executive Summary: Introduce your company and its current status.. How are they
performing? Are they profitable? Are they gaining or losing market share? Have
they introduced new products?, etc.SWOT Analysis: Please include a comprehensive SWOT analysis about your chosen
company. You should include 4-5 items under each heading (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunities).Recommendations & Justifications: You will use the Recommendations below (or make up some of your
own) and justify whether the firm should go along with the recommendation.Concluding thoughts: include what the potential is for your chosen company if they are
able to execute your recommendations and the ramifications if they do not.Your Unit 3- Assignment 2 will consist of
completing the Executive Summary and SWOT Analysis. For your Unit 6- Assignment
2 you will complete the Recommendations & Justifications and Concluding
thoughts.As a financial consultant, what recommendations
would you propose to current company management based on your findings?This added value content should include conclusions and
recommendations for the firm going forward (as if you were a consultant for the
firm).Adding value means having detailed conclusions and
recommendations. Having detailed RECOMMENDATIONS and being able to JUSTIFY them
are VERY IMPORTANT! Typical recommendations and
conclusions that you will probably use include:·
Should the
firm increase capital expenditures to increase competitiveness?
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Should the
firm increase growth by acquiring other companies for synergies or grow
internally?
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Should the
firm risk increasing their leverage (debt) to increase earnings and return on
capital or keep the leverage the same (or even decrease it?)
·
Should the firm
increase/decrease marketing spending?
·
Should the firm
increase/decrease R&D spending?
·
How should
they go about controlling costs including labor, health care, and
pension liabilities? (GM and Ford need help in this department).There are many more
recommendations you can offer.(Note:
feel free to add more recommendations or change some of the ones above that fit
your chosen company. Note that you want a minimum of at least 6
recommendations.)Feel free to be creative. If you make these
recommendations, you want to list WHAT the recommendation is and JUSTIFY WHY the
firm should embrace it (and how it benefits the firm). You are the chief financial
consultant so you have full rein to make any recommendations. Feel free to use
reference and be sure to cite them (APA) format if you do. References are not
required though as the paper could be written entirely in your own words.I listed 6 common recommendations above and
they are included in your Final Paper template. Feel free to use these and/or
make up some of your own. The key is that you want to JUSTIFY any
recommendation that you make.For example, if you recommend that a
company should increase their capital expenditures, then justify why. Common
justifications could that they need to increase capital expenditure to support
their R&D spending, to expand domestic operations, or to expand
internationally. You want to support your recommendations with thorough
justifications.If you use references, then be sure to cite
them using APA formatting.The format of your paper could be to list
each Recommendation and Justify each one like below:Recommendation #1: Should
the firm increase capital expenditures to increase competitiveness?Justification: Yes
because to remain competitive, they need to invest in technologies to keep up
with their main competitors. They also plan to expand internationally, so
investing into these new markets and the learning curve involve will involve
spending at least ? billion dollars. etc, etc, etc.Recommendation #2:
Should the firm increase growth by acquiring other companies for synergies or
grow internally?Justification: I feel
that my company should grow internally. Due to my industry, acquiring a
competitor involves integrating a different culture into our firm. Also, the
companies are selling for such a high premium currently that it odes not
justify buying our competitors. Finally, since our stock price is down
currently and interest rates are high, it would be very expensive to borrow to
finance the purchase. etc, etc, etc.When you complete your Final Analysis paper
then please submit it privately to me for grading.So for u03a2, your Executive Summary needs
to be 250 words minimum and for your SWOT Analysis you should have 4-5 items
listed under each area (Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, and Opportunities).For u06a2, your “Recommendations &
Justifications” need to be a minimum of 1,000 words and concluding thoughts
should be 250 words minimum.Lets have fun with the assignment and learn
a lot about your chosen company!Regards,
Michael Blagg

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