Investment Selection; Pfizer Inc. stock

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Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Provide a detailed overview of the selected U.S. investment indicating the rationale for your selection.
  2. Select five (5) financial ratios, then analyze the past three (3) years of financial data for the investment (please obtain data from the financial statements or the equivalent).
  3. Analyze the price of the investment to its market index for the past five (5) years.
  4. Create a trend line that depicts the price movement for the investment against the market index movement using elements of Microsoft Office, such as Excel, Visio, MS Project, or one of their equivalents such as Open Project, Dia, and OpenOffice, as appropriate. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
  5. Determine the type of person who would be the best candidate for the chosen investment (e.g., the risk adverse investor, an aggressive investor, etc.). Provide a rationale for why this investment is a solid one, and support the assertion that someone should invest in this stock.
  6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites to not qualify as academic resources.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine common debt and equity securities, and analyze the relative risks and returns associated with each.
  • Analyze how the securities business works through stockbrokers and investment bankers using the physical exchanges, network exchanges, and OTC markets.
  • Perform and interpret basic security analyses using indexes, averages, and various technical methods, as well as compounding, discounting, and forecasting.
  • Propose ways to apply various strategies in the management of financial investment portfolios in order to optimize profits (and minimize taxes) within acceptable risks.
  • Find and utilize sources of pertinent investing information on a company, its industry, the economy as a whole, and the international environment to analyze investment potential.
  • Examine the differences between various investments such as options, convertibles, warrants, rights, and commodities.
  • Illustrate how to use hybrid and derivative instruments such as convertibles, warrants, rights, options, and futures contracts in investment strategies.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in investments.
  • Write clearly and concisely about investments using proper writing mechanics.

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Pfizer Stock Analysis (Outline)
Introduction to Company
Financial Ratios


Interest Coverage Ratio



Debt to Equity Ratio



Debt to Asset Ratio



Inventory Turnover



Asset Turnover



Current Ratio

Pfizer’s Stock Performance
Trend Line
Best Investor for Pfizer Stock
Recommendation


Running Head PFIZER STOCK ANALYSIS

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Pfizer Stock Analysis

Introduction to Company
Pfizer Inc. is a global, research-based, biopharmaceutical organization. The diversified
international healthcare portfolio of the company comprises animal and human biologic and
smaller molecule vaccines and medicines, along with the nutritional products and a number of
the best-known consumer healthcare products around the globe. Pfizer collaborates with other
biopharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, governments and local communities to
support and expand its access to reliable, affordable healthcare around the world (Pfizer, Inc.
2017).
Pfizer manages its operations through five operating segments—Primary Care; Specialty
Care and Oncology; Emerging Markets and Established Products; Consumer Healthcare and
Animal Health; and Nutrition. Each operating segment has responsibility for its commercial
activities and for certain research and development activities related to in-line products and inprocess research and development (IPR&D) projects that generally have achieved proof-ofconcept (Pfizer, Inc. 2017)
Financial Ratios
Interest Coverage Ratio
The time interest earned ratio, also known as the coverage ratio, is defined by "Times
Interest Earned - Tie" (2017), as �...


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