Individual Assignment FNCE $625$ SPRING $2024$

From the list of Industrial sectors listed below, identify an industry of your choice IN Canada or the United States, and do the following.

a$)$ Randomly identify any $10$ firms of your choice and determine the industry average $(10$ years average in each case$)$ of the following financial variables; Current ratio, debt$/$equity ratios, $PE$ ratio, ROE, ROA, Gross profit margin, total debt ratio. Do the average for each firm and then collectively as an industry.

b$)$ Identify a single firm in the same industry different from the $10$ chosen earlier and compare the chosen firm's variables as above to the industry average computed in $($a$)$ above.

c$)$ Identify five news headline topics about your chosen firm and analyze how they will affect the future share price of your chosen firm.

d$)$ Do an extensive analysis of your chosen industry at least for the past $10$ years.

e$)$ Based on your analysis from above determine if the firm of your choice among the lot is rated above, at par or below the industry average.

f$)$ Carry out an extensive SWOT analysis of the firm chosen as in $($b$)$ above.

g$)$ Determine if this firm stock is a good buy or a good sell off and why. If it is not explain why?

Also provide every answer with details, calculations and formulas