{"id":144414,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/assignment-2-required-assignment-1-measuring-financial-health-and-performance"},"modified":"2017-08-17T11:48:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T11:48:36","slug":"assignment-2-required-assignment-1-measuring-financial-health-and-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/assignment-2-required-assignment-1-measuring-financial-health-and-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1\u2014Measuring Financial Health and Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1\u2014Measuring Financial Health and Performance<\/p>\n<p>In&nbsp;<b>M2: Assignment 2<\/b>, you identified specific ratios for a specific scenario at Compnet. In the scenario, you determined the ratios for a potential investment opportunity. These ratios will help you interpret the performance trends of Compnet and make appropriate investment and loan decisions.<\/p>\n<p>In this assignment, you will analyze the scenario from&nbsp;<b>M2: Assignment 2<\/b>&nbsp;in detail. You will calculate the ratios identified and compare your calculations with two other companies in competition with Compnet. You will create a PowerPoint presentation of your analysis. The components of this presentation are detailed below.<\/p>\n<p><b>M2 : Scenario<\/b> <b>Consider the following scenario for this assignment: You are a manager at Compnet and your CEO has asked you to break down the financial statements into categories of accounts so that you can analyze trends within the company.<\/b><b>attached are the ratios for the scenario from M2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The two companies with which you will compare Compnet&#8217;s results are Electro Scientific (Stock Symbol: ESIO) and CTS Corp (Stock Symbol: CTS). By conducting an Internet search, you can find the companies&#8217; current financial information and determine the trends in the industry. You can obtain the financial information of the two companies at the following links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomson Reuters&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.reuters.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yahoo Finance&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.finance.yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MSN: Money&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.money.msn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.money.msn.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Wall Street Journal: Market Watch&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.marketwatch.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Investor information at the company\u2019s corporate Web site&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Conduct a financial analysis using Excel:\n<ol>\n<li>Calculate the ratios you identified in&nbsp;<b>M2: Assignment 2<\/b>&nbsp;for Compnet and the other two companies.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com\/pub\/content\/5b719dbb-b26c-4540-9322-22435d6580d7\/AUO_MS6010_Ratio_Calculator.xlsx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to access the ratio calculator to calculate the ratios for the three companies. Save the document as AUO_MS6010_Ratio_Analysis_Lastname_Firstname.xls. Create the following three tabs in this document to represent the data for the three companies:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com\/pub\/content\/5b719dbb-b26c-4540-9322-22435d6580d7\/AUO_MS6010_Ratio_Calculator.xlsx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Compnet&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com\/pub\/content\/5b719dbb-b26c-4540-9322-22435d6580d7\/AUO_MS6010_Ratio_Calculator.xlsx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESIO&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vizedhtmlcontent.next.ecollege.com\/pub\/content\/5b719dbb-b26c-4540-9322-22435d6580d7\/AUO_MS6010_Ratio_Calculator.xlsx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CTS&nbsp;<\/a>On the basis of your calculations, compare Compnet with the two other companies and answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do ESIO and CTS appear to be making effective financial decisions compared with Compnet? How does Compnet&#8217;s performance compare with that of the other two companies?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Is Compnet effectively using assets and debt compared with the other two companies? Why or why not?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>If you could invest in only one of the three companies, would you invest in Compnet? Why or why not?&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:\n<ol>\n<li>A brief description of the scenario you are working with&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>The ratios you identified for the scenario in&nbsp;<b>M2: Assignment 2<\/b><\/li>\n<li>A comparison and summary of the financial positions of the three companies&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Your investment decision to invest in Compnet along with the rationale for that decision&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Speaker notes to include background information and points that you would communicate verbally in a presentation&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You should prepare your presentation for an audience of fellow investors.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Post questions, if any, for your instructor.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Submission Details:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Produce a 10\u201312 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.ppt. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M3_A2.ppt. Use APA format to cite your sources.<\/p>\n<p>By&nbsp;<b>Wednesday, September 2, 2015<\/b>, deliver your presentation to the&nbsp;<b>M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Grading Criteria<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Assignment Components<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Proficient<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Max Points<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Conduct a financial Analysis in Excel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Financial Analysis is clear and accurate. Calculations are accurate and laid out in an easily comprehensible and logical manner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>60&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Provide a comparative analysis of Compnet against two other companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comparison of companies is detailed and provides a good analysis of the financial decisions and performance trends to make informed investment recommendations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>60&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Develop a PowerPoint presentation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PowerPoint presentation is comprehensive and includes all pertinent information and in enough detail as per assignment instructions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>60&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Academic Writing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.<\/p>\n<p>Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>20&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Total:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>200<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1\u2014Measuring Financial Health and Performance In&nbsp;M2: Assignment 2, you identified specific ratios for a specific scenario at Compnet. 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