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Research Paper
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University
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English (US)
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Financial Statement Analysis & Equity Valuation
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Finance
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APA 6th edition
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Instructions
First, choose of a dividend-paying, publicly-traded company. The objective is to:
Prepare a financial analysis of the company;
Develop financial projections for this company, explicitly projecting future dividends and compare those to projections produced by Value Line;
Prepare a valuation of this company utilizing two of the following three methods: the dividend discount model, the free-cash flow model or the P/E model;
Justify your valuation relative to current valuations of your company and broader market valuations; and
Produce an investment recommendation for your company.
Content of your report:
Based on class discussions, please complete the following sections within your report:
Description: describe your company, the industry it operates in, and your company’s position (i.e. leadership) in the industry;
Financial Statement Analysis: prepare all the financial ratios in a separate exhibit, and within this section, evaluate the company’s profitability, efficiency and financial stability based upon the relevant measures applicable to this firm;
Financial Projections: based on the information from your financial statement analysis, prepare financial projections (hint: limit your horizon to 3-5 years), making assumptions regarding the dividend payout ratio to project future dividends and/or cash flows to equity holders;
Valuation: based on your dividend projections, prepare a valuation of your company utilizing two of the three valuation methods identified above; compare and justify this valuation relative to Value Line, Bloomberg valuations and other methodologies (P/E, Price/Book).
Recommendation/Conclusion: present your recommendation for your company, interpreting your results and present your recommendation (i.e. overvalued, undervalued, or in equilibium) along with a discussion any limitations of your study.
Prepare a word-processed report (maximum of 5 pages written excluding tables and other supporting material, and all supporting tables, balance sheets, income statements, graphs, computations, and copies of data sources and detailed bibliography).
Evaluation:
This paper will be evaluated based upon:
the application of the concepts discussed in Chapters 7, 8, 13 and 14; and
the approach toward developing this security analysis that is consistent with your conclusions.
Be sure to include the Value Line report for each of the firms analyzed.First, choose of a dividend-paying, publicly-traded company. The objective is to:
Prepare a financial analysis of the company;
Develop financial projections for this company, explicitly projecting future dividends and compare those to projections produced by Value Line;
Prepare a valuation of this company utilizing two of the following three methods: the dividend discount model, the free-cash flow model or the P/E model;
Justify your valuation relative to current valuations of your company and broader market valuations; and
Produce an investment recommendation for your company.
Content of your report:
Based on class discussions, please complete the following sections within your report:
Description: describe your company, the industry it operates in, and your company’s position (i.e. leadership) in the industry;
Financial Statement Analysis: prepare all the financial ratios in a separate exhibit, and within this section, evaluate the company’s profitability, efficiency and financial stability based upon the relevant measures applicable to this firm;
Financial Projections: based on the information from your financial statement analysis, prepare financial projections (hint: limit your horizon to 3-5 years), making assumptions regarding the dividend payout ratio to project future dividends and/or cash flows to equity holders;
Valuation: based on your dividend projections, prepare a valuation of your company utilizing two of the three valuation methods identified above; compare and justify this valuation relative to Value Line, Bloomberg valuations and other methodologies (P/E, Price/Book).
Recommendation/Conclusion: present your recommendation for your company, interpreting your results and present your recommendation (i.e. overvalued, undervalued, or in equilibium) along with a discussion any limitations of your study.
Prepare a word-processed report (maximum of 5 pages written excluding tables and other supporting material, and all supporting tables, balance sheets, income statements, graphs, computations, and copies of data sources and detailed bibliography).
Evaluation:
This paper will be evaluated based upon:
the application of the concepts discussed in Chapters 7, 8, 13 and 14; and
the approach toward developing this security analysis that is consistent with your conclusions.
Be sure to include the Value Line report for each of the firms analyzed.
