Companies are constantly looking to restructure their operations and enhance their financial outcome.
accounting
Description
Assignment Brief
Companies are constantly looking to restructure their operations and enhance their
financial outcome. The aim of this assignment is to assess the ability of individual
student in analysing a publicly quoted company.
Student may choose a company, which is listed on one of the world-leading stock
exchange, and download at least two recent annual report of the chosen compan y.
The requirement is to conduct a thorough ratio analysis of the chosen company for the
past most recent two years and present the result in a report format.
It is necessary that the report investigate all different categories of ratio such as
Profitability, Liquidity, Efficiency, Gearing and Investment (market related ratios) with
clear definition, analysis and evaluation.
The definition of each ratio in different category must be provided from an academic
source, and then the calculation and analysis of the chosen ratio follow. It is necessary
to apply the definitions to the result of the calculation and provide a meaningful
analysis.
