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Comprehensive Financial Statement Analysis & Calculate and Interpret Descriptive Statistics in Excel

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Overview

QUESTION 1: The purpose of this assignment is to develop your ability to critically evaluate the financial health and performance of a publicly traded company through comprehensive financial statement analysis.

For this assignment using the attached guidelines, analyze the financial health and performance of a publicly traded company using ratio analysis to determine whether it is a Buy, Hold, or Sell investment. Submit an excel document to present your data.

Instructions:

1. Company Selection:

    • Choose a publicly traded company (e.g., Apple, Tesla, JPMorgan Chase, etc.).
    • Ensure the company has at least 3 years of publicly available financial statements (10-Ks).

    2. Data Collection:

    • Download the company’s latest Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement from:
      • Company Investor Relations Page

    3. Ratio Analysis- Compute and show data for 2 years of data

    • Profitability Ratios:
      • Gross Margin = (Total Revenue - COGS) / Total Revenue.
      • Operating Margin = (Operating Income / Revenue) * 100
      • Net Profit Margin = Net Profit ⁄ Total Revenue x 100
      • Return on Assets (ROA) =Net Income / Average Total Assets
      • Return on Equity (ROE) = Net Income / Shareholders' Average Equity
    • Liquidity Ratios:
      • Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities
    • Leverage Ratios:
      • Debt-to-Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities / Total Shareholder's Equity

    4. Interpretation & Recommendation:

    • Based on your ratio analysis:
      • Evaluate the company’s financial health.
      • Recommend stock buy or sell along with strengths and weaknesses

QUESTION 2

The purpose of this assignment is to give you hands-on experience applying descriptive statistical techniques to a real-world dataset.

For this assignment, you will download the FIN-5823_Week 2_Descriptive Statistics_Grades and perform the necessary calculations to answer the questions. The data is on the "Scores" sheet, the questions on the next sheet, and you will insert your answers on a third sheet, which is to be labeled "Solutions."

Instructions:

  1. Use the FIN-5823_Week 2_Descriptive Statistics_Grades Excel model to perform the analyses required to answer the questions.