To be submitted through the Sakai LMS platform by May 8, 2022. The purpose of this project is to provide students with the opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in this course to real companies. Each student will analyse the performance of one company that is not listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

How to proceed

Step 1: Select a company that is not listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Step 2: Prepare a short statement explaining why the company was selected.

Step. 3: Do research on the company.

• Annual Corporate Reports [3 to 5 years]
• Industry Data
• Articles about company, industry and general economic developments
• Anything else you may consider of financial and economic relevance.

Step 4: Analyse the Company’s performance

• Trend Analysis
• Vertical Analysis
• Ratio Analysis
• Benchmarking/comparison to Industry Standards, etc.
• Evaluation of recent information [articles, investment analysis/ratings, etc.]

Step 5: Evaluate Company

Assume you have ¢200 million. Based on the information you have gathered, will you buy shares of this company? Why?

Step 6: Preparation of Final Report

Your final report must include the following:

1. A title page
2. The body of the report;

I. A description of the industry

II. A description of the company

III. Identification of significant accounting policies

IV. What is impressive about this company?

V. Analysis of financial performance [see step 4 above]

VI. Evaluation [see step 5 above]

3. A bibliography and appendixes.