Select an industry and a firm within the industry and Write a Financial Statement Analysis report on
Question:
Select an industry and a firm within the industry and Write a Financial Statement Analysis report on it including the following points.
1. Common-size financial statements
2. Financial Ratios
3. Time-series and cross-sectional analysis of
a. Overall profitability
b. Components of profitability
c. Risk ratios
4. Discussion of liquidity risk based on Statements of Cash Flows Page 2
5. Discussion of financial risk based on a review of notes to the financial statements.
6. Discussion of business opportunities and threats posed by the firm\industry
7. Discussion of which firm(s) in the industry is likely to be most successful (in terms of profitability and risk) in the future and why.
Lists of industries and firms can be found on the SEC website: http://www.sec.gov. To access industries and individual firms, click on “Standard Industrial Classification,” click on an industry name, and through several sub-levels to see a list of companies, click on a company name, then click on Files then 10-K. Here you will see a list of historical 10-Ks, which are annual reports you can access. Three recent and consecutive years of financial reports will be needed to complete this project, so select firms that have this history available.