GROUP PROJECT – FINANCIAL REPORTING & ANALYSIS Examining an Annual Report: As a team of 3-5 members, select one of the following industries retail, restaurants, or airlines to individually analyze a different publicly traded company within the industry your team has selected. As an HR Manager, you are task with individually provide a synopsis of the company background, business strategy, risk factors, management’s discussion, and analysis of its financial condition from the most current annual report. Each team member is directed to acquire the annual report or 10-K for the publicly traded company being analyzed in the identified industry. Additional research sources for further information on publically traded companies may be found at the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission‘s (SEC) EDGAR service at www.sec.gov, and your company’s investor relations website. Yahoo!Finance provides lists of industries at biz.yahoo.com/p/industries.html. Click on the industry for a list of companies in that industry. Alternatively, go to Google Finance at www.google.com/finance and search for a company you are interested in. You will be presented with a list including that company and its competitors. Requirements: • Individual company financial report and analysis paper will consist of 3 - 7 page report of your publicly traded company that provides vital management information about the selected company. • Review all financial footnotes, the summary of financial information (usually for the past 5 years or longer), and management’s discussion and analysis. • Analysis of Comparative Income Statements (Horizontal Analysis • Analysis of Common-Size Income Statements (Vertical Analysis • Compute and interpret the company’s financial ratios discussed including Return on Assets, Asset Turnover Ratio, Gross Profit Margin, Net Profit Margin, Working Capital, Current Ratio, Inventory Management Ratio, Debt/Equity Ratio, Price/Earnings Ratio, Return on Equity (ROE), andEarnings /Share (EPS). • Recommendations based on HR Investment to address the company’s need for financial improvement. • Group financial report and analysis paper will consist of 3 - 5 page and a Power Point slide presentation of the companies in your industry sector. Answer Skip Exit