AutoSave OFF A B 2.o a ... Home Insert Draw Design Layout Trebuchet.... v 10 V Paste B I nht X, X Part 2 STOCK MARKET PROJECT-Saved to my Mac Mailings Review View Tell me A A Aa E-E-5 3 = A AaBBCCDdEr AaBbCcDdEr AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEe Norma No Spscing Handing 1 Heading 2 A.D. == Styles Pane STOCK MARKET PROJECT Part 2: Final Paper Total Points: 65 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this assignment is to introduce you to the how the stock market works. Your will find your thought process transforming from "I'm going to the store to buy some food" to "I'm going outside in my Nike (NKE) shoes, Wrangler (VFC) Jeans, and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) t- shirt, to the Bank of America (BAC) ATM to get cash, then drive my Ford (F) car rolling on Goodyear (GT) tires with BP (BP) gas to Walmart (WMT) to buy Charmin (PG) toilet paper, Crest (PG) toothpaste, Coca-Cola (KO), and Ben and Jerry's (UL) Ice Cream. You will be able to better understand the impact of current events on stock performance, the importance of diversifying a portfolio, and the impact of competitors in various industry and sectors. You will learn how to locate specific financial data on published financial data sites and interpret that data, fostering a new level of critical thinking and understanding of the world of finance FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: (15 points) Please identify your best performing stock over the course of the term from each of 3 industries and report the following: (3 stocks in total) Company name Ticker symbol Stock exchange Industry 52 week high 52 week low Market Cap Annual dividend yield Annual dividend payout Sector Products/Services ROI Purchase price P/E Current price Profit Margin COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: (24 points) Please identify 2 major competitors for each of the 3 stocks you selected and report the following data for comparisons: (6 stocks in total) Focus B5 References Page 1 of 2 480 words IV English (United States) Accessibility: Investigate Dictate Share Sensitivity Comments E Editor + 188% AutoSave OFF A B 2.o a ... Home Insert Draw Design Layout V Trebuchet.... v 10 A A Paste B I U X x Part 2 STOCK MARKET PROJECT-Saved to my Mac View Tell me References Mailings Review Aa 2 AaBBCCDdEr AaBbCcDdEr AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEe Normal No Spscing Handing 1 Heading 2 Styles A A A v Pane COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: (24 points) Please identify 2 major competitors for each of the 3 stocks you selected and report the following data for comparisons: (6 stocks in total) Competitor name Ticker symbol Stock exchange Annual Dividend Payout Annual Dividend Yield Profit Margin P/E Market Cap INTERPRETIVE ANALYSIS: (24 points) The information in this study provides relevant information to help answer specific questions about the financial health of each of the 3 companies you selected for this assignment. Please interpret that information by responding to each of the multi-part following questions. For this section you will use financial ratios, current events, economic conditions, and competitive analysis to make determinations about company performance for each of the 3 companies you deemed your best performers. The discussion should be thorough and incorporate data and analysis from above. 1. What is meant by Profit Margin? What effect do the Profit Margin figures have on the company's long term and/or short-term performance? 1 Accessibility: Investigate Page 1 of 2 480 words IV English (United States) Focus BE Dictate Share Sensitivity Comments E Editor + ES 188% AutoSave OFF A B 2.o a ... Home Insert Draw Design Layout Paste Part 2 STOCK MARKET PROJECT-Saved to my Mac View Tell me A A Aa AaBBCCDdEr AaBbCcDdEr AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEe E-E-F- | == == A.D. Norma No Spscing Heading 2 Handling 1 v Styles Pane 2. What is measured in a Price/Earnings ratio? How does the company's P/E ratio compare to its competitors? What does a high P/E ratio mean in terms of value and expectations? 3. What impact does the condition of the economy have on the products/services and dividends of the company and its competitors? 4. Based on your research, would you invest in this company? Would you invest in a competitor of this company? Explain why or why not. Why do Charmin toilet paper and Crest toothpaste have the same stock symbol? (2 points) Trebuchet.... v 10 V B I nht X, X x References Mailings Review Page 2 of 2 480 words DY English (United States) Accessibility: Investigate Focus 5 B Dictate Share Sensitivity Comments E Editor + 188% AutoSave OFF A B 2.o a ... Home Insert Draw Design Layout Trebuchet.... v 10 V Paste B I nht X, X Part 2 STOCK MARKET PROJECT-Saved to my Mac Mailings Review View Tell me A A Aa E-E-5 3 = A AaBBCCDdEr AaBbCcDdEr AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEe Norma No Spscing Handing 1 Heading 2 A.D. == Styles Pane STOCK MARKET PROJECT Part 2: Final Paper Total Points: 65 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this assignment is to introduce you to the how the stock market works. Your will find your thought process transforming from "I'm going to the store to buy some food" to "I'm going outside in my Nike (NKE) shoes, Wrangler (VFC) Jeans, and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) t- shirt, to the Bank of America (BAC) ATM to get cash, then drive my Ford (F) car rolling on Goodyear (GT) tires with BP (BP) gas to Walmart (WMT) to buy Charmin (PG) toilet paper, Crest (PG) toothpaste, Coca-Cola (KO), and Ben and Jerry's (UL) Ice Cream. You will be able to better understand the impact of current events on stock performance, the importance of diversifying a portfolio, and the impact of competitors in various industry and sectors. You will learn how to locate specific financial data on published financial data sites and interpret that data, fostering a new level of critical thinking and understanding of the world of finance FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: (15 points) Please identify your best performing stock over the course of the term from each of 3 industries and report the following: (3 stocks in total) Company name Ticker symbol Stock exchange Industry 52 week high 52 week low Market Cap Annual dividend yield Annual dividend payout Sector Products/Services ROI Purchase price P/E Current price Profit Margin COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: (24 points) Please identify 2 major competitors for each of the 3 stocks you selected and report the following data for comparisons: (6 stocks in total) Focus B5 References Page 1 of 2 480 words IV English (United States) Accessibility: Investigate Dictate Share Sensitivity Comments E Editor + 188% AutoSave OFF A B 2.o a ... Home Insert Draw Design Layout V Trebuchet.... v 10 A A Paste B I U X x Part 2 STOCK MARKET PROJECT-Saved to my Mac View Tell me References Mailings Review Aa 2 AaBBCCDdEr AaBbCcDdEr AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEe Normal No Spscing Handing 1 Heading 2 Styles A A A v Pane COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS: (24 points) Please identify 2 major competitors for each of the 3 stocks you selected and report the following data for comparisons: (6 stocks in total) Competitor name Ticker symbol Stock exchange Annual Dividend Payout Annual Dividend Yield Profit Margin P/E Market Cap INTERPRETIVE ANALYSIS: (24 points) The information in this study provides relevant information to help answer specific questions about the financial health of each of the 3 companies you selected for this assignment. Please interpret that information by responding to each of the multi-part following questions. For this section you will use financial ratios, current events, economic conditions, and competitive analysis to make determinations about company performance for each of the 3 companies you deemed your best performers. The discussion should be thorough and incorporate data and analysis from above. 1. What is meant by Profit Margin? What effect do the Profit Margin figures have on the company's long term and/or short-term performance? 1 Accessibility: Investigate Page 1 of 2 480 words IV English (United States) Focus BE Dictate Share Sensitivity Comments E Editor + ES 188% AutoSave OFF A B 2.o a ... Home Insert Draw Design Layout Paste Part 2 STOCK MARKET PROJECT-Saved to my Mac View Tell me A A Aa AaBBCCDdEr AaBbCcDdEr AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEe E-E-F- | == == A.D. Norma No Spscing Heading 2 Handling 1 v Styles Pane 2. What is measured in a Price/Earnings ratio? How does the company's P/E ratio compare to its competitors? What does a high P/E ratio mean in terms of value and expectations? 3. What impact does the condition of the economy have on the products/services and dividends of the company and its competitors? 4. Based on your research, would you invest in this company? Would you invest in a competitor of this company? Explain why or why not. Why do Charmin toilet paper and Crest toothpaste have the same stock symbol? (2 points) Trebuchet.... v 10 V B I nht X, X x References Mailings Review Page 2 of 2 480 words DY English (United States) Accessibility: Investigate Focus 5 B Dictate Share Sensitivity Comments E Editor + 188%