CONTENT GUIDELINES:

$1.$ Search and collect data on various main ratios and two years$$ cash flow statement for

any NSE listed company in NIFTY or NEXT $50.$ Avoid banks and finance

companies. It is easier if you take a manufacturing or a trading company, but it is not

a compulsion.

$2.$ You need to get the ratios for the latest $5$ years. Either $2023-24$ to $2019-20$ or $2022-23$

to $2028-29.$

$3.$ You have to take at least $10$ ratios including working capital ratios, Du$-$Pont ratios

and margin and returns ratios. You may take more ratios. I deliberately not giving the

list of ratios to make you search, discuss and learn by yourselves.

$4.$ You need not work out the ratios from the annual reports. These are available from

various data bases such as CMIE$-$prowess DX$,$ ACE equity, Capitaline AWS, Equity

master, Money control, Thomson Eikon and Bloomberg. The ratio may vary in each

of these data bases. Do not worry about it$.$ There are both free and subscription

versions available on the net.

$5.$ You have interpret the ratios in your own languages, after taking the trend analysis of

these ratios for each individual ratio you have considered over $5$ years. You need to

analyse a bit of absolute numbers and the trend over $5$ years.

$6.$ Regarding the cash flow analysis, you have to download the annual report and take

only the page $($s$)$ containing the cash flow statement. It will have data for two years.

You have to analyse the CFS based on the stage of the company $,$ how the company$$s

cash has flown in and out of the company and your own learnings.

$7.$ Marks will be divided as $60\%$ for ratio analysis and $40\%$ for CFS analysis.

$8.$ You are permitted to use google search engine, chat GPT$/$ Chat GPT $4\mathrm{.}0,$ MS Co$-$

pilot etc. Only condition is that the portion generated by these AI tools, have to in

ARIEL $12$ font and the source should be clearly mentioned. If I find out about the

use of these tools independently, you may be awarded an $$U$$ grade which is

equivalent to failure.

OTHER GUIDELINES ON FO Search and collect data on various main ratios and two years$$ cash flow statement for

any NSE listed company in NIFTY or NEXT $50.$ Avoid banks and finance

companies. It is easier if you take a manufacturing or a trading company, but it is not

a compulsion.

$2.$ You need to get the ratios for the latest $5$ years. Either $2023-24$ to $2019-20$ or $2022-23$

to $2028-29.$