Analysis about the Hershey Company and there competitor is Nestle

I need

a. Five year net sales, operating expenses, operating income Balance Sheet and net income analysis. Once calculations are

complete, interpret the resulting data and comment on the significance of the trend results.

b. Five year total profit margin, asset turnover, return on assets and return on stockholder equity analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and evaluate the company's profitability.

C. Five year return on assets ratio, return on equity, management efficiency ratios, current ratio, days cash on hand and working capital analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and evaluate the company's liquidity.

d. Five year debt ratio & times interest earned ratio analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and comment on the company's long term solvency.

e. Complete a Du Pont Analysis for each of the five most recent years. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and comment on the company's individual Du Pont characteristics (e.g., Total Margin, Total Asset Turnover & Equity Multiplier) and trends across the analysis period.

f. What is the name of the company's independent auditors? What type of opinion did the independent auditors issue on the financial statements (unqualified, qualified, adverse or disclaimer)? What does this opinion mean?

g. Ultimately a decision has to be made

would you invest and/or lend money to this company? A comparison needs to be made between your company and its competitor to decide whether to invest in this company or its competitor. Why or why not?

h. Proper writing and use of English is essential. We should not use slang or have spelling errors in this work.

problems. Once grading is complete, all projects will be destroyed if desired by host institution leadership. The focus of this project is to evaluate a firm from the perspective of a potential investor of creditot. This is part of the due diligence research process. Your final paper should report on the business' reportable business segments and should include a title page, brief executive summary of the company. analysis, discussion, conclusions \& enclosures sections as minimums. This paper should no more than five pages long. exclusive of tables. Tables should be included as appendices. The focus is on content and depth of analysis. Final papers should contain analysis / discussion on each of the following components. Unless otherwise indicated a five year trend analysis - including the most recent year of available data - is expected. Provide academic references. a. Five year net sales, operating expenses, operating income Balance Sheet and net income analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and comment on the significance of the trend results. b. Five year total profit margin, asset tumover, return on assets and return on stockholder equity analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and evaluate the company's profitability. e. Five year retum on assets ratio, retum on equity. management efficiency ratios, current ratio, days cash on hand and working capital analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpeet the resulting data and evaluate the company's liquidity. d. Five year debt ratio \& times interest earned ratio analysis. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resalting data and comment on the company's long term solvency. e. Complete a Du Pont Analysis for each of the five most recent years. Once calculations are complete, interpect the resulting data and comment on the company's individual Du Pont characteristics (e.g., Total Margin, Total Asset Turnover \& Equity Multiplier) and trends across the analysis period. f. What is the name of the company's independent auditors? What type of opinion did the independent auditors issue on the financial statements (unqualiffed, qualified, adverse or disclaimer)? What does this opinion mean? g. Ultimately a decision has to be made... would you invest and or lend moncy to this company? A comparison needs to be made between your company and its competitor to decide whether to invest in this company or its competitor. Why or why not? h. Proper writing and use of English is essential. We should not use slang of have spelling errors in this work