{"id":49156,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/financial-statement-analysis-of-a-public-company"},"modified":"2017-08-16T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T12:20:56","slug":"financial-statement-analysis-of-a-public-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/financial-statement-analysis-of-a-public-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial statement analysis of a public company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACC: 205 Financial statement analysis of a public company<\/p>\n<p>Write a five-to seven-page financial statement analysis of a public company. In this analysis discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors.&nbsp; Paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, company overview, horizontal analysis, ratio analysis, final recommendation, and conclusions. Include a minimum of two scholarly resources.Here is a breakdown of the sections within the body of the assignment: &nbsp;<b>Company Overview&nbsp;<\/b>Provide a brief overview of your company (one to two paragraphs at most).&nbsp; What industry is it in?&nbsp; What are its main products or services?&nbsp; Who are its competitors? &nbsp;<b>Horizontal Analysis of Income Statement and Balance Sheet<\/b>Prepare a three-year horizontal analysis of the income statement and balance sheet of your selected company.&nbsp; Discuss the importance and meaning of horizontal analysis.&nbsp; Discuss both the positive and negative trends presented in your company. &nbsp;<b>Ratio Analysis<\/b>Calculate the current ratio, quick ratio, cash to current liabilities ratio, over a two-year period.&nbsp; Discuss and interpret the ratios that you calculated.&nbsp; Discuss potential liquidity issues based on your calculations of the current and quick ratios.&nbsp; Are there any factors that could be erroneously influencing the results of the ratios?&nbsp; Discuss liquidity issues of competitive companies within the same industry. &nbsp;<b>Recommendation<\/b>Based on your analysis would you recommend an individual invest in this company?&nbsp; What strengths do you see?&nbsp; What risks do you see?&nbsp; It is perfectly acceptable to state that you would recommend avoiding this company as long as you provide support for your position.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp;Must be five to seven double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style.2.&nbsp;Must include a title page with the following:<\/p>\n<p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.4.&nbsp;Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.5.&nbsp;Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.6.&nbsp;Must document all sources in APA style.7.&nbsp;Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACC: 205 Financial statement analysis of a public company Write a five-to seven-page financial statement analysis of a public company. In this analysis discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/financial-statement-analysis-of-a-public-company\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/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-49156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49156","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=49156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}