MAA103 - Accounting for Decision Making

VIDEO PRESENTATION (WEEK 11)

Worth 10 marks and represents 10% of the assessment for this unit

Assignment Requirement and Objective

SCENARIO

• You are a financial analyst working for ProVest Bank.

• Your client, Linda, just received an inheritance a month ago, and she is
now considering to invest in one of the two companies she found
promising. She hasexactly $10,000 to invest in shares, no more no less.

Company 1 – SupaFood Pty. Ltd. is a multibillion- dollar Australian supermarket, retail and consumer
services chain. It specializes in groceries (vegetables, fruit, meat, packaged foods, etc.), but also sells
magazines, health and beauty products, household products, pet and baby supplies,and stationery items.

Share price was closing at $15.28 on 8 December 2023. The price has been floating at $15 mark.

Company 2 – Planty’oFood Pty. Ltd. is a 2 is a multimillion-dollar Australian manufacturer in plant-

based food industry. It is one of the significant players in the Australian plant-based market. The
company does export organic plant-based range to other countries, as plant-based organic food has
becoming more and more in demand.

Share price was closing at $4.35 on 8 December 2023.The price has been sitting between $4 and $5 a
share.

Linda would like your assistance if Company 1 (SupaFood Pty. Ltd.) or Company 2 (Planty’oFood Pty.
Ltd.) is better.

• Your client is after your financial advice as to which company is worth investing.

• Your group will need to provide ratio analysis for both companies and let
her knowwhich company is performing better.

• This assignment can be done in a group or individually.

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Aim of Assessment

The focus of this assessment is to deliver a financial advice commenting on the profitability,
asset efficiency, liquidity and capital structure of the companies provided above.
Convince us that you have a good understanding of those ratios calculated and be able
to provide comparisons for the companies.

GROUP FORM & RUBRIC – A marking rubric has been attached to show clearly the expectations
and requirements for this assignment; including the marks allocated for each assessment criteria.
The marking rubric assesses 2 main criteria:

• Discipline Specific Knowledge (content of presentation)

• Digital Literacy (visual presentation)

A copy of the video presentation group form can be found in this document.

A copy of the video presentation marking rubric can be found in this document.

Assignment Instructions:

• You can form groups of TWO - FOUR students or do it individually.

• You must do a video presentation, providing only your power point slides without
presenting is not sufficient to earn marks.

• Duration – 8 to 10 minutes.

• Up to 8 – 10 power point slides should be used. You may use more than 10 power
point slides if you wish, however, you need to be able to cover all your slides within the
set time limit.

• The Requirements for the Video Presentation are detailed on page 3 of this document.

• Equal participation by all group members is required.

• Dress Code - as this is a formal presentation, you are required to be well presented
and dressed accordingly. Therefore, the following are not adequate attire: jeans,
runners, T-shirts, baseball caps, tracksuits, thongs and shorts. What is appropriate:
trousers, shirts, skirts, dresses and jackets.

• Please practice your presentation before you conduct it and know how long each
section of your presentation should take. Use dot points on cards – NEVER read your
presentation, it is boring to listen to and shows that you have not prepared adequately.
You should be able to present without referring to your notes.

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Presentation Requirements
In your presentation, you need to cover the following points:

1. Ratios covering profitability, asset efficiency, liquidity, and capital structure for the
assigned companies. Please do 2022 and 2023 financial ratios only.
2. The meaning/interpretation of each ratio calculated.
3. Your comments and suggestions (possible reasons) on each company’s
profitability, asset efficiency, liquidity, and capital structure.
4. You must provide your opinion on which of the companies might make a good
investment.

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 MAA103 ASSIGNMENT: Video Presentation
Form

Please fill out the form and

submit this along with the link to
your video

Class # :

Group Member Names:

Contribution:
(i.e., profitability, asset
First Name: Surname: Student ID: efficiency, liquidity, etc.)

URL Link :

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 MAA103 GROUP ASSIGNMENT: Video Presentation – RUBRIC
Criteria Poor Acceptable Good Very Good Excellent
(0% - 49%) (50% - 59%) (60% - 69%) (70% - 89%) (90% - 100%)

Presentation Presentation Presentation content Presentation content Presentation content

Critical thinking: content does not content provides a reasonable provides a good provides a very good provides an excellent
Analysing and provide a overview of profitability, asset overview of profitability, asset overview of profitability, asset overview of profitability, asset
interpretation of satisfactory efficiency, liquidity, and capitalefficiency, liquidity, and capital efficiency, liquidity, and capital efficiency, liquidity, and capital
financial overview of profitability, asset structure of the company and does structure of the company and does structure of the company and does structure of the company and does
efficiency, liquidity, and capital provide a comparison. provide a good comparison provide a very good comparison provide an excellent comparison
statements. (explanation and possible reasons (explanation and possible reasons (explanation and possible reasons
structure of the company and does
not provide a good comparison. Statements, responses and/or body provided). provided). provided).
language are borderline
Most statements and responses are Statements and responses are All statements, body language, and
/70 Marks Statements, responses and/or body appropriate. respectful and in appropriate
language were consistently not respectful and used appropriate responses are respectful and are
language. language, but once or twice body appropriate language.
respectful.
language is not appropriate.

Digital Literacy: (50% - 59%) (60% - 69%) (70% - 89%) (90% - 100%)
(0% - 49%)
Visual
Sometimes Mostly Consistently Skilfully demonstrates
presentation of Demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates effective use of visual
knowledge ineffective use of effective use of effective use of effective use of technology to
visual technology to visual technology visual technology to visual technology to communicate
communicate to communicate communicate communicate researched
/30 Marks researched researched researched researched information within the
information within information within information within information within set time limit.
the set time limit. the set time limit. the set time limit. the set time limit
All group members/ individual
Group members/individual not Some group dressed
appropriately Some group members/ individual not Most group according to presentation
dressed according to Members/ individual not appropriately members/ individual dressed criteria.
Presentation criteria. appropriately dressed according to according to presentation criteria.
dressed according presentation
to presentation criteria.
criteria.

Total Score: 0 -49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 – 89 90 - 100

/100 Marks

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GOOD LUCK!