Assignment requirement:
All questions relate to the financial figures of the consolidated entities.
Financial Statement Analysis
Assume that you are a financial adviser and a client has approached you seeking your advice as to whether they should place their money (e.g. $10,000) in to a long-term bank deposit or invest it in one of the selected companies. Discuss potential risks and returns related to the above options using:
1. Relevant data provided by a bank of your choice.
2. The 2014 and 2015 annual reports of two listed companies of your choice
(ref to: http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research /listedCompanies.do).
Conduct a financial analysis of both listed companies. Evaluate these entities' profitability, liquidity, financial stability and attractiveness as an investment (list of recommended ratios is available from MOODLE). Appropriate ratios (rounded to four decimal places) should be calculated to enable a complete assessment of the companies (use Excel tables!!!). The report should contain a discussion and analysis of the ratios calculated. The workings and calculations for all the ratios must be included in the report and should be presented in an appendix.
You may use additional resources for answering this part. These resources must be referenced in your report.
The report should contain the following sections, in the order given:
1. Assignment cover sheet
2. Title page
3. Table of contents
4. Introduction
5. Financial statements analysis of XYZ LTD and QNY Ltd
a. financial analysis of the entities' profitability
b. financial analysis of the entities' liquidity
c. financial analysis of the entities' efficiency
d. financial analysis of the entities' capital structure and market performance
6. Conclusions
7. Recommendations
8. List of references
9. Appendices