Financial Statement Analysis Project

$75$ Points

The objective of this project is to introduce you to the analytical techniques used in preparing financial statement

information for use by decision$-$makers.

The project will be completed for the following company selected by the instructor:

HASBRO, INC.

Requirements

Part $1-$ Cover Page$-$ including the name of the company and your name

Part $2-$ Major Products $-$ Describe the major products and services provided by the company. $($This part should be at

least a couple of paragraphs long$)$

Part $3-$ Shareholder$/$Management Letter $-$ Report what management had to say about the company's operations $($sales$,$

net income, goals, etc.$)$ in the Letter to Shareholders. $($This part should be at least a couple of paragraphs long$)$

Part $4-$ Market Price $-$ Look up the current market price for the selected company and attach your source in the

project. $($Common websites used are NASDAQ and Yahoo Finance$)$

Part $5-$ Use the financial statements $($Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and Shareholders'

Equity Statement$)$ to calculate the financial statement ratios and fill in the selected data for the sheet provided.

$($Download Ratio and Fill In sheet from Project Folder$)$

Part $6-$ Investment $-$ If you have $$10,000$ to invest in this company, would you consider investing? Why or Why not?

$($Base your answer on the ratio analysis performed in part $5,$ not market conditions.$)$ Your conclusion should be

comprehensive and supported by good reasoning. $($This part should be a couple of paragraphs long.$)$

Your report should be neat, double$-$spaced and word processed