Analyzing a publicly traded company and industry

Analyzing a publicly traded company and industry. You are looking and analyzing this company and industry form the perspective of the manager, investor and creditor. Use topics we discuss in the course and make a recommendation on the company one year ahead. NOTE the company and industry must be approved in advance of beginning the paper. The goal of this paper is to analyze a company and its industry from the perspective of both management and shareholders. You should compare the company to its nearest competitor(s) and to the industry. You should also compare them to the DJIA and S&P 500. If it is foreign company compare then include that country’s stock market. Remember that you are expected to discuss the paper from perspective of the company management and investors. Topics to include in the paper are as follows. You can use the textbook chapters and syllabus topics as guides or other relevant topics that are applicable. Any other topics and suggest have to meet the instructor approval. Take one publicly traded company including the industry. Review aspects of the companies and industry historically, currently and also your projection going forward a year. Analyze the companies and industry from the perspective of risks and topics that we discuss in the course. This can include but not limited to interest rates, credit market, liquidity, global, futures and options and other types of risks relevant to your companies and industry. You should include stock prices and performance going back up to 5 years to current. How and what markets are risky to the companies and industry and why? Determine the performance of the companies and industry compared to market averages. The risks and analysis of the paper should be your companies and industry specific.

Try to keep the research of the paper as current as you can, including current events that are happening and related to your topics. You can be creative with your paper. Textbook chapters and the syllabus are a good reference place for you to include additional content and material. Include material we cover in the course along with relevant current events. • Financial Statements Analysis and ratio analysis. Benchmark and trend analysis are the most basic and important to set up and discuss. You should compare the company to the industry and nearest competitor. • Time Value of Money (TVM) – all of finance involves this concept so make sure to discuss its importance in your analysis throughout the paper. • Determine the risk and return of the company, industry and the markets using financial concepts such as Beta and rating of the companies from S&P and Moody’s. • Bond Valuation – If you companies have bond issued, take one series of company’s bonds and discuss. Compare them to competitors and the bond market. Discuss the ratings using Standard and Poor’s, Fitch and Moody’s, among others and show work • Stock Valuation – perform a dividend discount model valuation showing all work and discussing your steps. Show work and track the company’s stock prices 5 yeas back to present and project a year ahead what they are going to do and why. • Look at some of the company’s capital investments and perform a capital budgeting analysis determining the NPV and IRR and discuss. • Discuss dividends (if applicable), buyback, spitting of shares or share repurchases and their outcomes. • Perform/discuss a cash flow analysis determining the NPV and IRR of the company(s) and whether you should accept or reject the investment(s). • Determine and discuss the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). • Interest rates related to your companies • Capital Structure (leverage) – discuss the appropriate weights of stocks, bonds, and cash that the company has and should hold. • Working Capital Management – look at and discuss the company’s day-to-day cash activities, budget, accounts receivables and other important short-term investments. • Bankruptcy and Reorganization (if applicable) – discuss any Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 history or current situations and struggles that the company is going through. • Look at the options related to your companies.