FIN 534 Week 10 Assignment Financial Research Report
Imagine that you are a financial manager researching
investments for your client that align with its investment goals. Use the
Internet or the Strayer Library to research any U.S. publicly traded company
that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your client. (Note:
Please ensure that you are able to find enough information about this company
in order to complete this assignment. You will create an appendix, in which you
will insert related information.)
The assignment covers the following topics:
Rationale for choosing the company for which to invest
Ratio analysis
Stock price analysis
Recommendations
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
Provide a rationale for the U.S. publicly traded company
that you selected, indicating the significant factors driving your decision as
a financial manager.
Determine the profile of the investor for which this company
may be a fit, relative to that potential investor’s investment strategy.
Provide support for your rationale.
Select any five (5) financial ratios that you have learned
about in the text. Analyze the past three (3) years of the company’s financial
data, which you may obtain from the company’s financial statements. Determine
the company’s financial health. (Note: Suggested ratios include, but are not
limited to, current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, and price earnings
ratio.)
Based on your financial review, determine the risk level of
the company from your investor’s point of view. Indicate key strategies that
you may use in order to minimize these perceived risks.
Provide your recommendations of this stock as an investment
opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as peer-reviewed
articles or material from the Strayer Library.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites to not qualify as academic
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow
APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The
cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment
page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Critique financial management strategies that support
business operations in various market environments.
Analyze financial statements for key ratios, cash flow
positions, and taxation effects.
Review fixed income strategies using time value of money
concept, bond valuation methods, and interest rate calculations.
Estimate the risk and return on financial investments.
Apply financial management options to corporate finance.
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