The document provides instructions for a company analysis assignment comparing Rollins Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Students are directed to review the companies' financial statements from their 10-K reports or other sources to identify and compare 5 elements from the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. They must also explain how differences in industry may contribute to similarities or differences found between the companies. The analysis paper should include an introduction, body, and conclusion, and follow APA citation style.
The document provides instructions for a company analysis assignment comparing Rollins Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Students are directed to review the companies' financial statements from their 10-K reports or other sources to identify and compare 5 elements from the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. They must also explain how differences in industry may contribute to similarities or differences found between the companies. The analysis paper should include an introduction, body, and conclusion, and follow APA citation style.
The document provides instructions for a company analysis assignment comparing Rollins Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Students are directed to review the companies' financial statements from their 10-K reports or other sources to identify and compare 5 elements from the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. They must also explain how differences in industry may contribute to similarities or differences found between the companies. The analysis paper should include an introduction, body, and conclusion, and follow APA citation style.
Please refer to the financial statements for Rollins Inc.
(Ticker: ROL) and Berkshire Hathaway
Inc. (Ticker: BRK-B) for the Company Analysis #2. Financial data can be found on Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, or the 10-K reports for each company. Identify 5 different elements total from the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and/or Cash Flow Statement and compare and contrast your findings. Explain how the difference of industries may contribute to the similarities or differences that you have found between the two companies. Use the following financial statements to inform your findings:
Income statement: Revenue & Expenses Equity statement: Owner's Equity (listed again for presentation purposes) Cash flow - Operating, Investing and Financing Activities Provide an introduction to your paper. Introductions should include a brief overview of what will be discussed within your paper. Provide a body to your paper. This will be your responses and developed ideas in regards to each of the paper requirements. Provide a conclusion to your paper. Conclusions should provide a brief summary of what was discussed in your paper. Cite using APA in text AND a full references section at the end. Missing one of these elements will require that you resubmit the paper. Cite in text financial reports as title and year, such as (Facebook Annual Report, 2021) Cite financial reports in references section using company report, year, and link, such as: Facebook Annual Report. (2021). Retrieved from https://investor.fb.com/financials/default.aspxLinks to an external site..
Company Analysis #2 Directions:
Submission should be no longer than three pages, excluding the Cover & Reference Pages.