Your specific assignment is to research, analyze, and prepare a presentation for the CFO on the
actual financial performance of THE COMPANY THAT IS TO BE ANALYZED FOR THIS
PROJECT (YOUR COMPANY). In addition to reviewing the traditional financial performance
indicators, you are also to review THE COMPANY’S past and current stock performance. Your
presentation includes three parts:
(1) An evaluation of THE COMPANY’S financial performance for the last three years. (See
detailed description below)
(2) An evaluation of THE COMPANY’S stock performance for the last one year. (See detailed
description below)
(3) Finally, a specific recommendation, with supporting rationale, as to whether or not THE
COMPANY’S recent trend in financial and stock performance is of sufficient financial strength
to warrant entering into a long-term commitment.
To assist you in your task, the CFO has provided the following general guidance. Since it is recognized that the industry is undergoing a major contraction, it is very important to comparatively evaluate THE COMPANY’S financial and stock performance trends against its
industry or major competitor.
SUGGESTED WEBSITES
www.marketwatch.com (http://www.marketwatch.com) -To find the information for your
company you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s
page.
www.morningstar.com (http://www.morningstar.com) – To find the information for your
company you need to type the stock symbol in the Quotes window to get into the company’s
page.
www.money.cnn.com (http://www.money.cnn.com) -To find the information for your company
you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s page.
www.finance.yahoo.com (http://www.finance.yahoo.com) – To find the information for your
company you need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s
page.
www.nyse.com (http://www.nyse.com) – Click on Data, then click on Stocks (under Quotes),
and type the name of the company or the stock symbol in the window “Keyword or symbol” to
get into the company’s page.
www.nasdaq.com (http://www.nasdaq.com) – To find the information for your company you
need to type the stock symbol in the Search window to get into the company’s page.
YOUR SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT
Using the information from the websites the students have to develop evaluation of the financial
and stock performance for THE COMPANY.
-1—Background and Industry.
-2—Analysis of the most significant financial performance results.
Select of most significant financial performance results for the company. Create a table that
contains the THE COMPANY’S financial performance results for the last three years and for
the major competitor or industry for the last year: Revenue, net income, working capital, and
other financial performance results of your choice. Present the table with this information in your
presentation.
-3— Financial ratio analysis.
