The purpose of this project is to solidify your concepts on the financial statement analysis of a publicly-traded firm. This project requires each group to identify a firm, extract, and spread its financial information for the purpose of financial analysis. Assignment ProcedureSpecifically, you are required to perform the following tasks: 1. Identify a publicly traded firm (with annual sales: $5 – $500 million) for your analysis. Obtain two most recent balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows of the identified firm. 2. Conduct financial analysis of the identified firm report the following (I would encourage you to use information from annual reports of the company and include industry comparisons in your analysis):a. Common size income statement analysis: discuss the trends and possible reasons.b. Common size balance sheet analysis: discuss the trends and possible reasons.c. Cash flow analysis: discuss the three components.d. Analyze Liquidity, Activity, Leverage, Profitability, and Market Value ratios.e. Comment on the overall strengths and weaknesses of the company. 3. Please upload the following documents in the Blackboard:a. Project Report (3-5 pages, font 12 double spaced)b. Copies of Financial Statements used in the analysis Suggested Layout of Report1. Briefly describe the company and the industry2. Main findings of the common-sized analysis3. Briefly discuss the three components of the cash flow statement4. Main findings of financial ratio (maximize your time in this component), working capital, and risk-return analyses5. Overall strengths and weaknesses of the company
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