You are a researcher and an investment advisor with an investment bank. Your company is planning to develop its own financial statement analysis to track the performance of its portfolios in a particular listed company in the Ghana Stock exchange. So far, the company has portfolios which consist of the equities of companies in the following sectors of the economy ⚫ Financial - Manufacturing The manufacturing category includes all companies that are non- financial. You have been asked to calculate financial ratios for a five-year period of the chosen company based on the following: Profitability ratios > Efficiency/Activity Ratios Liquidity Ratio Financial Leverage/Debt Rations > Investment/Market Ratios You are required to prepare a report for the company. The report should have the following features: (a) Beautiful back-page with appropriate title (b) Executive Summary (c) Table of Content (d) Introduction in terms of what the document is about The introduction should talk about the following i. Background of the report ii. Scope and objective of the report iii. Sources of information in preparing the report iv. Structure of the report (e) Analysis of the macroeconomic situation and how it affects the company i.e. the economic and political situation in Ghana (f) Analysis of the industry in which the company operates which must include the following: i. Industry Background ii. The key players in the company industry and their market share iii. The degree of competitive and basis of competition. iv. Industry Regulation and impact on performance (g) Analysis of the company i. The company's background ii. Products and Services iii. Company position in the industry-market share (h) Analysis of the trends of the various ratios calculated for a five-year period This should discuss the following (in very brief) i. Trend in the form of a graph in each of the ratios you have calculated ii. Analysis or explanation of the trend in the ratios computed (i) You are also required to advice the various category of stakeholders such suppliers, creditors, shareholders, bondholders etc. of the ratios which they are interested in as to what to do i.e. whether they should provide credit or invest in the company or not and why, in terms of your view and observation on the analysis of the various ratios (j) You are also required to explain which category of ratios has performed well over the five-year period.
You are a researcher and an investment advisor with an investment bank. Your company is planning to develop its own financial statement analysis to track the performance of its portfolios in a particular listed company in the Ghana Stock exchange. So far, the company has portfolios which consist of the equities of companies in the following sectors of the economy ⚫ Financial - Manufacturing The manufacturing category includes all companies that are non- financial. You have been asked to calculate financial ratios for a five-year period of the chosen company based on the following: Profitability ratios > Efficiency/Activity Ratios Liquidity Ratio Financial Leverage/Debt Rations > Investment/Market Ratios You are required to prepare a report for the company. The report should have the following features: (a) Beautiful back-page with appropriate title (b) Executive Summary (c) Table of Content (d) Introduction in terms of what the document is about The introduction should talk about the following i. Background of the report ii. Scope and objective of the report iii. Sources of information in preparing the report iv. Structure of the report (e) Analysis of the macroeconomic situation and how it affects the company i.e. the economic and political situation in Ghana (f) Analysis of the industry in which the company operates which must include the following: i. Industry Background ii. The key players in the company industry and their market share iii. The degree of competitive and basis of competition. iv. Industry Regulation and impact on performance (g) Analysis of the company i. The company's background ii. Products and Services iii. Company position in the industry-market share (h) Analysis of the trends of the various ratios calculated for a five-year period This should discuss the following (in very brief) i. Trend in the form of a graph in each of the ratios you have calculated ii. Analysis or explanation of the trend in the ratios computed (i) You are also required to advice the various category of stakeholders such suppliers, creditors, shareholders, bondholders etc. of the ratios which they are interested in as to what to do i.e. whether they should provide credit or invest in the company or not and why, in terms of your view and observation on the analysis of the various ratios (j) You are also required to explain which category of ratios has performed well over the five-year period.
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