it should be in PDF in 2 files
This assignment includes a report (pdf format) and a presentation (pdf format) based on listed companies. The companies among the ones you can choose are listed below.You will have to compute Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and other ratios to understand financial performance, liquidity, profitability, leverage, trend and other.
The aim of this exercise is that the student not only computes but interprets and analyzes the firm’s situation in isolation. We will analyze the industry’s performance and situation in further assignments during the course.
The public listed firms available for this exercise are:
· NVIDIA corporation · Johnson & Johnson · PayPal Holdings · Exxon Mobil Corporation · CostCo Wholesale Corp · Texas Instruments Corp · Qualcomm Inc. · Moderna Inc. · Goldman Sachs Group Inc. · Raytheon Technologies Corp. · Caterpillar Inc. · 3M Company · Lockheed Martin Corp. · Estee Lauder Cies. Inc.
Exercise:
Compute for any firm chosen from the above list the following ratios and explain in your own words how that ratio compares to average or normal performance or situation: (each computed, explained and analyzed item will get you 4.5 marks approx.)
Liquidity:
- Acid Test
- Cash Ratio
- Current ratio
- Inventory turnover
- Receivable’s turnover
- Payable’s turnover
- The operating cycle
- Cash conversion cycle
Cash Flow:
- CF coverage ratio
- Free CF / CF from Ops ratio
- CF from Ops / Sales Ratio
- Price / CF ratio
Leverage: - Debt Ratio
- Times Interest Earned Profitability:
- Gross margin
- Net margin
- EPS
- RoA
- RoE Market:
- P/E ratio
- Market to Book
- Market Cap
