PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE ASSIGNMENT -

Choose one of the following companies listed on the ASX and answer the questions in that context:

1. Retail Food Group (ASX Code: RFG)

2. Seek Limited (ASX Code: SEK)

3. Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX Code: RHC)

4. Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX Code: HVN)

You are required to answer the following questions as they relate to the company you chose:

i) Analyse and comment on the capital structure of the company in the past 5 years (2013-2017). Is it optimal? Why or why not?

ii) Analyse the company's dividend history in the past 5 years (2013-2017), and provide a critical evaluation of the company's dividend history.

iii) Provide an analysis of share price trend for the past five years (2012- 2017).

iv) In the light of your analysis above, evaluate the attractiveness of company's ordinary shares for investment. Include in your analysis a discussion of the weaknesses / limitations of your analysis, and any key risks that may affect the attractiveness of the company as an investment, and how you have factored these risks into your attractiveness analysis and valuation. Do you think that the firm is correctly valued by the market? Discuss.

Format of the assignment -

The assignment should be presented as a business report.

An assignment coversheet (ensure group members' full names and student numbers are correctly written, and the part each student completed specified clearly)

A table of contents

An introduction

The body of the assignment

References