Dear Sir,

Attached is my assignment for your consideration.

As the new financial manager of your company, the CEO has asked your team to provide a brief analysis of the company's performance to present at the upcoming board of directors meeting. The CEO has asked that you assess the company's performance against your company's industry. Thus, to do this, you will need to use ratio analysis or other techniques to determine areas in which the company is doing well, as well as areas that management should look at. Here are the steps for the project: 1. Select your teammate. Each team should be made up of two members. 2. Determine which company you will analyze for the project. Your selection may be subject to your professor's approval. The company that you select will likely be used for all four team projects. As such, be sure that the company has debt on its balance sheet, as this will be a requirement for future projects. 3. Go to the website for your company and download the 10-K report for the most recent year. 4. Perform your ratio analysis on your company: a. A good place to start would be to perform a complete DuPont analysis of the company. The DuPont analysis might provide guidance as to what particular areas of the company should be examined next and what ratios should be calculated. Be sure to include ratios that cover the following areas: i. ii. iii. iv. v. Profitability Debt Management Liquidity Asset Management Market Value b. In addition to the DuPont analysis ratios, be sure to present and discuss at least six relevant ratios that your team feels may best assess the company's performance. c. Using an online database, such as bizstats.com or a similar database, capture the ratio averages for your company's industry to evaluate your company's performance. d. Provide an analysis that compares your company's ratios to the industry standards. There is no need to explain the purpose of the ratios. Rather, be sure to provide an interpretation of the results. This may entail some research from news sources on the company's recent performance. 2015 DeVry Educational Development Corp. All rights reserved. The copyrights in these materials are owned by DeVry Educational Development Corp. and other copyright owners as indicated herein. No part of these works may be reproduced or used, distributed, published, displayed, transmitted in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, Web distribution or information storage and retrieval systems - without the prior written consent of DeVry Educational Development Corp. or the respective copyright owner. Page | 1 e. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the comparison of your company's ratios against the industry ratios, as well as your analysis. APA standards are to be followed for all portions of this presentation, including but not limited to proper references and citations. f. Using Webex or Voicethread, prepare an oral presentation that presents your PowerPoint presentation. Each team member must participate in this presentation. 2015 DeVry Educational Development Corp. All rights reserved. The copyrights in these materials are owned by DeVry Educational Development Corp. and other copyright owners as indicated herein. No part of these works may be reproduced or used, distributed, published, displayed, transmitted in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, Web distribution or information storage and retrieval systems - without the prior written consent of DeVry Educational Development Corp. or the respective copyright owner. Page | 2 Rubric: First Project FIN515 Possible Points Ratios selected Calculations Evaluation Form 12 8 12 8 Criteria and Point Range 0-3 No referent provided. Insufficient or incorrect ratios used. 0-2 4-6 Some ratios questionable. Inappropriate referent selected. 7-9 Ratios mostly appropriate. Appropriate referent selected. 3-4 5-6 Not all calculations Calculations are Calculations not Provided, or some nearly but not provided or are calculations are totally provided generally incorrect. incorrect. or correct. 0-3 4-6 7-9 Evaluation generally correct. Minimal or incorrect May be not No evaluation, or Evaluation, or completely evaluation not evaluation not supported by based on findings original. findings or insufficient in quantity. 0-2 3-4 5-6 Significant Minor problems with Writing and problems with writing or presentation..presentation generally presentation or format. correct with a few exceptions. 10-12 Ratios and referent appropriate. 7-8 Calculations are provided and are correct. 10-12 Evaluation fully supported by findings. 7-8 Virtually no errors in writing or presentation. 2015 DeVry Educational Development Corp. All rights reserved. The copyrights in these materials are owned by DeVry Educational Development Corp. and other copyright owners as indicated herein. No part of these works may be reproduced or used, distributed, published, displayed, transmitted in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, Web distribution or information storage and retrieval systems - without the prior written consent of DeVry Educational Development Corp. or the respective copyright owner. Page | 3