Business. In this section provide a brief description of where your company fits in its industry. What products do they sell? Who are their primary customers and suppliers? Who are their main competitors? 2. Industry. In this area provide a brief description of the industry outlook. Your primary resources here are some of the publications mentioned in chapter 5 of the Gibson textbook (e.g. Standard & Poors Industry Surveys Value Line Investment Survey etc.) as well as news articles (from publications such as The Wall Street Journal New York Times Washington Post and the Financial Times). You will need a different resource for each group member. I recommend that each one of the group members reviews a different industry publication and provides a summary industry description identifying where the information was obtained. 3. Complete the FR & Comparisons worksheet in the Comparison with Industry & Peers file based on the financial statements of your company “ you can find these statements approximately in the middle of your companys 10K reports (right after or before the independent auditors report). In the Modules 10K reports area I have posted the three latest 10K reports for each company which you will need for this assignment. Specifically you need to submit the following: a) The financial summary and ratio calculations using the formula sheet (all the areas that are highlighted in yellow). b) Perform trend analysis. Using the ratios that you calculated identify the areas that show improvement and the areas of potential concern. You can describe the trends in simple terms such as improving stable fluctuating etc. c) Under the RMA Norm column list the industry median values for the subject ratios (the ones highlighted in yellow). Then compare your ratios to the industry ones and indicate whether they are better/favorable worse/unfavorable or the same. d) Compare your companys ratios to the ratios of the other company in your group; what you need to do here is to rank the ratios for your companies for the most recent year i.e. 1 or 2 with 1 being the best. You can use the last column in this worksheet to present your comparisons. 4. For your company assuming an anticipated 10% sales increase in the following year calculate the following: a. Working Assets in the most recent year that you have data for. b. Working Liabilities in the most recent year that you have data for. c. Working Investment in the same year. d. Working Investment Factor in the same year. e. New Working Investment in the following year. f. What are the companys additional working investment needs in the upcoming year? g. Can the company cover these additional needs internally? If not how much it needs from external sources? It should be noted that items a through c have already been calculated in your worksheet but they should be shown again here for comparison purposes 5. For your company provide answers to the following questions: a. Why has leverage increased or decreased during this period? b. Is your company using debt efficiently? (Use the financial leverage index ratio) c. How well is your company covering fixed charges? (Use the times interest earned the fixed charge coverage and the cash flow adequacy ratios). 6. Review your companys cash flow statement. What are your companys major cash inflows and outflows? What are their sources of cash? Where do they invest it? 7. Consider your companys Return on Equity ratio (ROE=Net Profit/Total Equity). What is the trend during this period? As developed by DuPont and shown below: ROE = (Net Profit/Total Sales) x (Total Sales/Total Assets) x (Total Assets/Total Equity) or ROE = Net Profit Margin x Total Asset Turnover x Equity Multiplier. Using these last three ratios explain the trend in the return on equity. For example if your companys ROE has declined is it due to a drop in the net profit margin (profitability problem) total asset turnover (efficiency problem) or equity multiplier (a financial leverage issue). 8. Calculate the Economic Value Added (EVA) for your company for this period assuming a 10% cost of capital. Discuss the EVA trend and provide reasons for the increases/decreases. How does this reconcile with the DuPont Analysis? (Formula: EVA = EBIT(1-T) “ (Total Invested Capital x Cost of Capital)). 9. Based on your analysis list your companys strengths and weaknesses (in bullet points). https://austessay.com/an-angel-investor-term-sheet-utilizing-the-template-which-is-posted-on-tritoned/
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Business. Provide a brief explanation of your company’s position in its industry in this section. What kinds of things do they sell? Who are their main clients and suppliers? Who are their primary rivals? 2. Business. Provide a brief overview of the industry forecast in this section. Some of the periodicals mentioned in Chapter 5 of the Gibson textbook (e.g., Standard & Poors Industry Surveys, Value Line Investment Survey, and so on) as well as news pieces are your primary resources here (from publications such as The Wall Street Journal New York Times Washington Post and the Financial Times). Each group member will require a unique resource. I recommend that each group member reads a different industry publication and delivers a synopsis of the industry.
