B8AF106 Evaluate the future prospects – opportunities and challenges – of the company. Other – Overall style and quality of presentation

ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENT
Your group should choose a publicly quoted company.
Each group must choose a different company.
Groups must advise the class lecturer of their chosen company and their nominated group leader.

  • Do not select the financial services sector.
  • All other sectors are available.
  • Select companies from the NYSE &/or NASDAQ stock exchanges.

Details:
Using the company’s recent annual reports, financial statements, and other sources of information, conduct the following analysis:

  1. Detail the industry, and the competitive landscape, in the company operates.
  2. Evaluate and comment on the company’s gearing ratio.
  3. Calculate the company’s weighted average cost of capital.
  4. Outline the risks – idiosyncratic & systematic – that the company faces, and evaluate the company’s risk management strategy.
  5. Evaluate the future prospects – opportunities and challenges – of the company.  Other – Overall style and quality of presentation

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