Library Research Exercise
This is an individual assignment. Each person is responsible for conducting his or her own assignment. Please answer all of the questions below about the following company and its primary industry group:
Company Questions
What is the ticker symbol for this company?
Where is this company's World Headquarters located?
Who is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of this company?
What were the total revenues(sales) for this company in Fiscal Year 2018? (Hint: Use Mergent Online. Report your answer in $ billions)
What was the company's sales (revenue) growth (in %) between Fiscal Year 2017 and Fiscal Year 2018?
What was the firm's ROE (return on equity) for Fiscal 2018? (Hint: Calculate from Mergent Online income statement and balance sheet; do not use pre-calculated ratios. Report in %)
What was the firm's EPS (earnings per share, fully diluted) for Fiscal 2018? (Hint: on Mergent, from the Income Statement, the line is Net Income per common share - diluted. Report as follows: $x.xx per share).
Briefly describe in one full paragraph your company's business and operations. (What does your company do?) (Hint: Use ValueLine or Mergent Online).
What is the 2019Annual EPS (Earnings per share) forecast for this company? (Hint: Use Value Line PDF report for Nike dated 07/27/2018, report as follows: $x.xx per share)
Does Value Line rate this stock as a good long-term investment? Explain in 1-2 paragraphs. (Hint: Use Value Line Investment Survey, 07/27/2018 Report in PDF)
What does the Chief Executive Officer for your company state are the company's strategic goals going forward into 2018 and beyond? Briefly summarize the goals in one or two full paragraphs.(Hint: Use Nike President's Letter to Shareholdersfrom the 2018 Annual Report).
Industry Questions
What is the name of your company's primary industry? (Hint: Use Ibis World)
Footwear Wholesaling in the US
What is this industry's primary NAICS code?
What are the primary products and/or services for this industry?
What company has the largest market share in this industry and what is their US market share?
What werethe total sales (revenues) for this industry in 2017? (Hint: Use Ibis World, Go to Key Statistics section, Report here in scale of $ billions).
Who is the second largest company in this industry and what is their reported market share?
What are the key success factors for this industry? Briefly summarize these key success factors.(Hint: Use Ibis World).
What is the level of globalization in this industry? Discuss why in one complete paragraph.(Hint: Use IBIS World, Industry Globalization section of report).
What was this industry's sales (revenue) growth ratefrom 2013 to 2018?
What are the major markets for this industry's products? (Hint: use IBIS World, Products & Markets, Major Markets section).
What company would be an appropriate benchmarkfor Nike? Why?
What is the forecast for this industry's salesand sales growth from 2019 to 2023?What is your evaluation of this growth rate? Discuss in one complete paragraph.