Individual Case #1: Financial Analysis

Purpose

This assignment is designed to help students obtain the ability to collect financial information and interpreting financial statements.Also, students are required to perform financial analysis and benchmarking, evaluate financial performance, and provide recommendations to help the company to improve.

Requirements:

• Identify two public listed companies in North Americai.e. Shaw vs Telus, RBC vsTD.Or CIBC vs BMO
• Retrieve their financial statements(company investor relation website or www.sedar.com)
• Perform financial analysis including vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis
• Evaluate financial performance
• Provide recommendation

Format

• The maximum 10 pagesof thebody content and unlimited pages of the appendix
• Single Space
• Citation Style, APA or MLA

Individual Case Outline

• Title Page
• Executive Summary
• Table of Content
• Introduction
• Company Background
• Main Competitor Background and Comparability Rational
• Financial Assessment
• Vertical Analysis
• Horizontal Analysis
• Financial Ratio Analysis
• Recommendation
• Conclusion
• Reference
• Appendix