FIN 534 Week 9 Assignment 1 – Strayer
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Assignment 1:
Financial Research Report
Due Week 9 and worth 300 points
Due Week 9 and worth 300 points
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:
1.
Provide a rationale
for the U.S. publicly traded company that you selected, indicating the
significant factors driving your decision as a financial manager.
2.
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.
3.
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.)
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
Use at least five (5)
quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other
Websites do 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.
·
Determine the cost of
capital and how to maximize returns.
·
Formulate cash flow
analysis for capital projects including project risks and returns.
·
Evaluate how corporate
valuation and forecasting affect financial management.
·
Analyze how capital
structure decision-making practices impact financial management.
·
Use technology and
information resources to research issues in financial management.
·
Write clearly and
concisely about financial management using proper writing mechanics.
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