The research paper assignment is worth 220 points or 22% of the course grade. A grade of C or better is required as per MBA policy as this is the Final Assessment for the course.The objectives/purpose of the research paper project are to enable you to do a comprehensive financial analysis of a publicly traded corporation; and provide you with substantial information for you to make recommendations regarding investing in this corporation.Your financial analysis report will be driven by a rigorous ratio analysis, and aggressively supplemented with your written analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the data.Your research should be strategically driven by two probing questions:-Would you invest your financial capital in the selected firm as a shareholder?-Would you invest your human and intellectual capital in the firm as an employee?Steps in preparation of financial analysis report:Select a publicly held companySelect a benchmark firm to compare your company against. The benchmark firm is typically the largest competitor.Obtain the firm’s balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows forthe past 5 years. Download or read the firm’s annual report.4.)  Go to: http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htmResearch EDGAR’s database for additional SEC report filings: 8-k, 10-Q.The following table is the type of Excel or Word table that should be used to gather and report your ratio and financial performance data. Note the 5 financial diagnostic categories that should be used in your analysis.Financial diagnostic categories Chosen company   vs. Benchmark competitor  1.)  Liquidity of short-term assets-Current ratio-Cash ratio-Quick ratio-Current ratio-Cash ratio-Quick ratio  2.)  Long-term debt-paying ability-Debt ratio-Debt-equity ratio-Times interest earned-Debt ratio-Debt-equity ratio-Times interest earned  3.)  Profitability  -Net income/sales (profit margin)-Net income/assets (ROA)-Net income/shareholder equity  (ROE)-Net income/sales (profit margin)-Net income/assets (ROA)-Net income/shareholder equity  (ROE)  4.)  Asset utilization/ management efficiency-Total asset turnover-Inventory turnover  measures-Accounts receivable turnover-Total asset turnover-Inventory turnover  measures-Accounts receivable turnover  5.)  Market measures-Price/earnings ratio-Earnings per common share-Dividend payout-Price/earnings ratio-Earnings per common share-Dividend payout  Use 2-3 ratios per diagnostic category. Place your ratio calculations in the table for your selected companies—primary company and benchmark competitor. Using 5 diagnostic categories, and 3 ratios to assess each category, results in 15 ratio measures per company that will be compared side by side.6.)  To validate your research, 5 years of data should be analyzed.7.) The financial analysis report must be written properly. They must include a title page, a table of contents, and a reference page. For both midterm and final report, information sources from the web, etc. must be cited properly, using APA style.This means that every table that you cut and pasted or typed from the web must have a source at the bottom of the table AND that citing must also be included in a reference page at the end of the report.The parts of the research paper are discussed below. The completed report (parts a through h) is due day 7 of week 6. Your project should include:An overview of the corporation.Provide general information regarding the type of business, products and/or services, location of headquarters, name of CEO, number of employees, and countries of operation, etc.The latest financial statementsGet the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and the statement of owners’ equity for the past fiscal year. Create Turnitin-friendly versions of the financial statements; do not just ‘cut and paste’ them in your report. Do not forget to cite the source under each statement.If you cannot cut and paste them, you may have to type in the information in a table in your report.A summary of each financial statementTake each statement and state the key parts in words. Tell a story from each of the financial statements. For example, for the income statement, the story starts like, “Total Revenues in 2010 were $10 billion, while Cost of Goods Sold were $8 billion, leaving a gross profit margin of $2 billion, or 20 percent of total revenues….After taking out interest and taxes from EBIT, the net income was $0.5 billion, or 5 percent of total revenues.”Ratio calculation (include 5 major types of ratios. Refer to chapter 3, Analysis of Financial Statements)Organization of this section is based on the FIVE types of ratios listed in the text book. Calculate the ratios from the financial statements in part c above using Excel or your calculator and present them in a table.Find industry financial ratios online (eg. Yahoo.com) and compare your corporation’s ratios to these industry ratios.Present your results following the five types of ratios discussed in part d.A table with both corporation and industry ratios is required;Discussion of key statistics provided by sources like Yahoo finance.There are many different other statistics available for your corporation. These include market value, beta, and diluted EPS, etc. Discuss some of the key statistics that you think can assist you to determine if this corporation is a good buy or sell.For you to decide if a corporation’s stock is a good buy or sell, you must forecast several key variables, including the stock price.Use historical prices (5 years of monthly data recommended) and forecast the stock price for the next year. Use regression analysis, and/or moving average, etc. to create your forecast.Create a graph from the historical data and show your forecast on the same graph. You can add a trend line to the graph to help you with a forecast. Include the graph in your report.You need to say specifically what the forecasted value of the stock price is.You must address the question, “Is this forecast reasonable?” Must you amend your analysis to get a more reasonable forecast?Other information pertinent to the corporation that could affect its future performance and stock price.This could include dividend policy, capital structure, bond ratings, expert opinions on TV, new projects, litigation, regulation, etc. Search for information on the web regarding this corporation. Look at company complaint blogs, etc.Recommendation regarding the future of this corporation.Is the stock a good buy, average buy, or a poor buy (implying a good sell)?Include a justification of your recommendation based on your analysis and research.

Please provide a Managerial Report that includes:Appropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of thethree variables for the forty Gulf View condominiumsAppropriate descriptive statistics to summarize each of thethree variables for the eighteen No-Gulf View condominiumsComparison of your summary results from #1 & #2. Discussany specific statistical results that would help a real estate agent understandthe condominium market.A 95% confidence interval estimate of the population meansales price and population mean number of days to sell for Gulf Viewcondominiums. Also, interpret the results.A 95% confidence interval estimate of the population meansales price and population mean number of days to sell for No-Gulf Viewcondominiums. Also, interpret the results.Also, consider the following scenario and include yourresponses in your Report:Assume the branch manager requested estimates of the meanselling price of Gulf View condominiums with a margin of error of $40,000 andthe mean selling price of No-Gulf View condominiums with a margin of error of$15,000. Using 95% confidence, how large should the sample sizes be?For ease in calculating the data, you can either enter thedata into Excel. Report should include introduction and a conclusionparagraphs, and be two or more pages double-spacedMod6GulfRealEstate.pdf

acc497_r7_hd_2008_annual_report.pdfResources:Appendix A: The Home Depot, Inc. Annual Report in Fundamentals of Financial AccountingWrite a1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you answer the following questions:· What does theConsolidated Statements of Earnings—the income statement—tell you about thecompany? Why is this statement important? What business decisions could be madeusing the income statement?· What does thebalance sheet tell you about the company? Why is the balance sheet important?What business decisions could be made using the balance sheet?· What does thestatement of cash flows tell you about the company? What business decisionscould be made using the statement of cash flows?· What informationis provided in the statements that will assist you in making these businessdecisions? What information is not provided that could assist in managerialdecision making? Formatyour paper consistent with APA guidelines.Attached is the needed financial information and paper will need to pass plagiarism checker or will not purchase.