{"id":132931,"date":"2023-09-14T18:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/project-part-1-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:08:07","slug":"project-part-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/project-part-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Project part 1 &#038; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PART 1:<\/p>\n<p>In prior weeks, you learned about the financial statements and financial statement ratios. This week, you will utilize that information, to take a deep dive into one company.<\/p>\n<p>Assume the role of a senior financial analyst who has been assigned to complete a thorough and detailed review for the APPLE company below. Access the APPLE company quarterly financial statements (10-Q) for the past two quarters on EDGAR, which is available on the web page, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/edgar\/searchedgar\/companysearch.html\"><u>EDGAR Company FilingsLinks to an external site.<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apple<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AAPL<\/p>\n<p>In your thorough and detailed review, analyze the APPLE company\u2019s quarterly financial statements (10-Q) for the past two most current quarters and perform the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare a balance sheet and income statement horizontal analysis for the last two quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare a balance sheet and income statement vertical analysis for the last two quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare a liquidity analysis by computing and using the appropriate ratios to assess liquidity.\n<ul>\n<li>Compute a minimum of three ratios and show your supporting calculations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Prepare a solvency analysis by computing and using the appropriate ratios to assess solvency.\n<ul>\n<li>Compute a minimum of three ratios and show your supporting calculations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Prepare a profitability analysis by computing and using the appropriate ratios to assess profitability.\n<ul>\n<li>Compute a minimum of three ratios and show your supporting calculations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Analyze the methods and tips provided in the textbook, <em>Warren Buffet Accounting,<\/em> to address the following questions:\n<ul>\n<li>What is your company\u2019s primary revenue, secondary revenue, and gains?<\/li>\n<li>What is your company\u2019s primary expenses, secondary expenses, financial activity generated expenses, and losses?<\/li>\n<li>What is the revenue trend? Does the 10-K or 10-Q discuss primary revenues, as well as other revenue types?<\/li>\n<li>What do the accounting policies say in the annual report (footnotes) regarding the cost of revenue? What are the drivers to the cost of revenue and the trends?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any trends in sales and marketing expenses or research and development? Are these amounts reasonable for the type of business?<\/li>\n<li>Compare general and administrative expenses to similar companies. Are they reasonable?<\/li>\n<li>What is the ratio of net interest income (expense) to income from operations? Is this a safe ratio for the company? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<li>What is the income taxes trend? Is the effective tax rate reasonable over time?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Formulate your analysis on the above requirements to discuss the financial health, performance, strengths, and weaknesses of the company, as well as any identified positive or negative trends.<\/p>\n<p>The Real-World Financial Statement Analysis PART 1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references, supporting calculation of the horizontal analysis, vertical analysis or ratio calculations) and formatted according to APA Style\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Must include a separate title page with the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Title of paper<\/li>\n<li>Student\u2019s name<\/li>\n<li>Course name and number<\/li>\n<li>Instructor\u2019s name<\/li>\n<li>Date submitted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Must utilize academic voice.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.<\/li>\n<li>Must document any information used from sources in APA Style\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PART 2:<\/p>\n<p>****In addition to your written financial statement analysis, you will also need to communicate a high-level summary of your analysis to your selected company\u2019s executive team using. The summary should be documented with five PowerPoint slides, including speaker notes. In addition, include the company\u2019s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>financial health,<\/li>\n<li>performance strengths and weaknesses, and<\/li>\n<li>identified positive or negative trends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Real-World Financial Statement Analysis PowerPoint Part 2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be five slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Must include a separate title slide with the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Title of paper<\/li>\n<li>Student\u2019s name<\/li>\n<li>Course name and number<\/li>\n<li>Instructor\u2019s name<\/li>\n<li>Date submitted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Must document any information used from sources in APA Style\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PART 1: In prior weeks, you learned about the financial statements and financial statement ratios. This week, you will utilize that information, to take a deep dive into one company. 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