Can anyone please help me with this? Artifact One: Financial Statements and Analysis The first artifact that
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Artifact One: Financial Statements and Analysis
The first artifact that you will include in your portfolio is the comprehensive, professional report that you create for the board of directors of Chester, Inc.?a large
publicly traded client at S.N.H.U., LLC. The report should contain your findings with the financial statements package as an appendix (Excel attachment).
Incorporate the feedback that you receive from your instructor during the development of this artifact.
? Income statement
? Balance sheet
? Statement of retained earnings
? Statement of cash flows (indirect method)
? Ratio analysis
o Liquidity - minimum of three key ratios with supporting calculations with a minimum of three years of data
o Profitability - minimum of three key ratios with supporting calculations with a minimum of three years of data
o Solvency - minimum of three key ratios with supporting calculations with a minimum of three years of data
? Vertical and horizontal analysis
o Both vertical and horizontal for the income statement with a minimum of three years of data
o Both vertical and horizontal for the balance sheet with a minimum of three years of data
Report of Findings and Recommendations: The report is the key section of this artifact and will be written after you complete the analysis in the sections in the
appendix above. The report will demonstrate your understanding of financial statements, what they contain, what they mean, and how they are used in strategic
decision making.
As you know, numbers are useless if we do not know what they mean and how to use them. The financial statements, ratios, and vertical/horizontal analysis
should be analyzed and interpreted in order to assess and explain the performance of the organization. In your report, you must:
? Address all three key ratios in each ratio category. Include what each ratio indicates and how the organization performed against its key competitor and
industry averages.
? Address all key findings in the vertical and horizontal analysis of the income statement and balance sheet. As a general rule, anything over 10% warrants
addressing.
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