Purpose of Assignment\tThe purpose of this assignment is to allow students the opportunity to research a Fortune 500 company stock using the popular online research tool\u00a0Yahoo Finance.\u00a0The tool allows the student to review analyst reports and other key financial information necessary to evaluate the stock value and make an educated decision on whether to invest.\u00a0\tAssignment Steps\u00a0\tResources:\u00a0Yahoo Finance\tSelect\u00a0a Fortune 500 Company from one of the following industries:\t\t\tPharmaceutical\t\t\tEnergy\t\t\tRetail\t\t\tAutomotive\t\t\tComputer Hardware\t\t\tManufacturing\t\t\tMining\tAccess\u00a0Yahoo Finance\u00a0and enter the company name.\u00a0\tReview\u00a0the financial information and statistics provided for the stock you selected and answer the following:\t\t\tWhat is the ticker symbol of the company you chose?\t\t\tWhat is the Current Stock Price?\t\t\tWhat is the Market Cap for the stock you chose?\t\t\tWhat is the Price to Earnings Ratio?\t\t\tWhat is the Dividend and Yield?\t\t\tWhat is the Enterprise Value?\t\t\tWhat is the Beta?\t\t\tWas there a Stock Split, and if so, when?\t\t\tWhat was the closing stock price for the last 5 days?\t\t\tWhat was the 52 Week High for this stock?\t\t\tWhat is the Book Value per Share?\t\t\tWhat type of rating are analysts recommending (i.e. buy, hold, etc.)?\t\t\tWhat is the target price analysts are predicting for this stock?\t\t\tWhat is the analyst’s average revenue estimate for next year?\t\t\tWhat are some of the significant news items and press releases made by the company over the last year?\u00a0\tExplain\u00a0in 700 words why you would or would not recommend investing in this stock.\t\t\tDescribe the relationship between the value of the stock and the price to earnings ratio.\u00a0\t\t\tWhat information does the Market Capitalization (Market Cap) and Beta provide to the investor?\u00a0\tClick\u00a0the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to allow students the opportunity to research a Fortune 500 company stock using the popular online research tool\u00a0Yahoo Finance.\u00a0The tool allows the student to review analyst reports and other key financial Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}