finance

 
This is really a continuation of material from FIN 305 as I am asking you to analyze a company using the traditional tools of ratios and a common size Income Statement.  Additionally, in item III G. you will see that I have asked you to evaluate the firm’s capital structure (the proportion of debt vs.. equity).
Your report must be a PowerPoint presentation – use as many slides as necessary but please don’t get carried away.  Also remember that PowerPoints are not meant to be “paragraph after paragraph” of writing, but rather the highlights of your findings which will be mostly in bullet-point format.  You may need to explain some of your findings in more detail of course and I am looking for an analysis that would include the “so what” of your findings.
What you should do this week is select the two publicly-traded companies you will be using for your project.  Note that they should NOT be financial institutions.  Also please do not use Wal-Mart, K-mart, Coke or Pepsi.  I’ve seen too many of these!
The time period for the analysis should include a minimum of three full years (five is better) plus
interim statements for the most recent year. In addition to the financial statements and other
material in the annual and/or 10K reports, you should review relevant materials from other
sources mentioned in class or found in your text.