Assignment 2: Submission—Course Project

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For your course project, do the following:

  • Combine all of the analysis from the discussions into an executive summary not to exceed one page.
  • Follow that with 3 pages of narrative discussing your analysis and summarizing your opinion of the financial health of the three companies.
    • Describe the three ratio categories.
    • Explain the financial ratios calculated.
    • Work in the answers to the questions from your Module 4 discussion:
      1. Which company is more liquid?
      2. Which company has the strongest net income?
      3. Which company has the strongest solvency?
      4. Which company is most profitable?
      5. Which company would be the most solid financial investment?
  • Conclude with a summary of your findings and a recommendation, with supporting evidence, identifying which company is the most solid financial investment.
  • Include an abstract at the beginning of your paper.
  • Be sure to format your paper and cite any sources using APA style.

Save your paper as a Microsoft Word document named LastnameFirst Initial_ACC201_M5A2. Bythe due date assigned, submit your document to the Submissions Area.

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ACC201 (MyEducator) Course Project - Overview For your Course Project you will assume the role of a financial analyst asked to evaluate three companies to decide which would be the best investment opportunity. You will use what you have learned about the financial statements, ratio analysis, and an understanding of what each account represents to make this decision. You will be using real financial statements, which are much longer and more detailed than what you have seen in your textbook. This project will take you past the numbers on the balance sheet and give you the opportunity to analyze what the relationship between the accounts tells financial statement users about companies’ financial health. In each module you will have a discussion question related specifically to the course project. Responding to that discussion question, as well as your peer’s and instructor’s posts, will help you build the content and the knowledge to write your final analysis paper. In Module 5, you will be submitting a three page paper analyzing the financial strength of the three companies and discussing which company would be the most solid financial investment. You will answer questions about your analysis and then summarize your observations. Your paper must be in APA format, with correct in-text citations of quoted and paraphrased material with full citations on a references page at the end of your paper.
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Running head: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

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Financial Analysis
Abstract
In the conduct of financial analysis among three companies namely Samsung, Wal-Mart,
and McDonald's, various financial factors have been taken into consideration to aid in the
analysis. The products traded by the three companies make the daily needs of the people. The
determination of the best performing company cannot be done using the reported figures on the
financial statements but the key ratios compared to the market ratios. Financial ratios offer a
better way of understanding the financial health of companies without checking on the amount of
net profit or loss made within the financial periods under review. Various checks would be
conducted on the three companies to determine the best performing with the most solid financial
investment opportunity.
Executive Summary
Financial analysis tools include ratios and profitability where the ability of a going
concern concept of businesses can be determined. In terms of net income, Wal-Mart has the
strongest income generation trend where it is closely followed by Samsung. However,
McDonald's has the strongest solvency with a debt to asset r...


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