This document provides guidelines for a project on financial statement analysis. Students are instructed to choose four comparable firms from the same industry, analyze their profit and loss statements and balance sheets for the past five years using various techniques, identify the strengths and weaknesses of each company, compare results to benchmarks and industry averages, and provide recommendations and a conclusion.
This document provides guidelines for a project on financial statement analysis. Students are instructed to choose four comparable firms from the same industry, analyze their profit and loss statements and balance sheets for the past five years using various techniques, identify the strengths and weaknesses of each company, compare results to benchmarks and industry averages, and provide recommendations and a conclusion.
This document provides guidelines for a project on financial statement analysis. Students are instructed to choose four comparable firms from the same industry, analyze their profit and loss statements and balance sheets for the past five years using various techniques, identify the strengths and weaknesses of each company, compare results to benchmarks and industry averages, and provide recommendations and a conclusion.
This document provides guidelines for a project on financial statement analysis. Students are instructed to choose four comparable firms from the same industry, analyze their profit and loss statements and balance sheets for the past five years using various techniques, identify the strengths and weaknesses of each company, compare results to benchmarks and industry averages, and provide recommendations and a conclusion.
1. Choose FOUR FIRMS that are comparable with each
other from the same Industry in business operations. 2. A brief history of each Firm. 3. Compare and contrast Profit and Loss account and Balance Sheet for FIVE YEARS through Horizontal, Vertical, Trend and Ratio analyses. 4. Bring out the strengths and weaknesses of each company. 5. Compare and Contrast the results with the benchmark company 6. Compare and interpret the performance and financial position of each company with Industry averages. 7. Recommendations. 8. Conclusion.