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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow students the opportunity to research a Fortune 500 company stock using the popular online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the student to review analyst reports and other key financial information necessary to evaluate the stock value and make an educated decision on whether to invest.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Yahoo Finance

Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the following industries:

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Energy
  • Retail
  • Automotive
  • Computer Hardware
  • Manufacturing
  • Mining

Access Yahoo Finance and enter the company name.

Review the financial information and statistics provided for the stock you selected and answer the following:

  • What is the ticker symbol of the company you chose?
  • What is the Current Stock Price?
  • What is the Market Cap for the stock you chose?
  • What is the Price to Earnings Ratio?
  • What is the Dividend and Yield?
  • What is the Enterprise Value?
  • What is the Beta?
  • Was there a Stock Split, and if so, when?
  • What was the closing stock price for the last 5 days?
  • What was the 52 Week High for this stock?
  • What is the Book Value per Share?
  • What type of rating are analysts recommending (i.e. buy, hold, etc.)?
  • What is the target price analysts are predicting for this stock?
  • What is the analyst's average revenue estimate for next year?
  • What are some of the significant news items and press releases made by the company over the last year?

Explain in 700 words why you would or would not recommend investing in this stock.

  • Describe the relationship between the value of the stock and the price to earnings ratio.
  • What information does the Market Capitalization (Market Cap) and Beta provide to the investor?

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Running Head: STOCK VALUING

Investing on Wal-Mart Stores’ stock value
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WAL-MARTSTOCK VALUING
Executive Summary

Before making any decision as to whether to purchase a particular stock or not, it is important
to consider various factors. Critical factors that an investor should consider include Earnings
per Share (EPS), the Enterprise Value, the price to earnings (P/E) ratio, the Beta numerical
value and price of the stock. Based on the financial data of the Wal-Mart, it would be
advisable for an investor to invest in the stocks of the Company. This is because the company
has a healthy enterprise value, market cap dividends and trading price to earnings ratio.

WAL-MARTSTOCK VALUING

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Based on financial data of the current stock price of Wal-Mart Stores that stands at
$75.44, our Recommendation for investing in the stock should be a “Strong Buy”. By
definition, a firm’s stock price shows the value that investors are willing to stake for an
investment venture (Damodaran, 2001). Considering that the company has an enterprise
value of $263.81Billion ...


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