FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS DUE MARCH 12TH Here are the instructions: 1. Choose a company and find their most recent set of financial statements. Keep in mind this may be a long document. 2. As stated in Chapter 17, perform a financial analysis, i.e. trend analysis, horizontal or vertical analysis, or certain ratio analysis with your financial statements. You do not need to do every financial statement. Generally, the only financial statements needed are the balance sheet and the income statement. This may take some time. You need to perform an analysis that will help you form an opinion on how you feel the company is doing. Look for any areas of improvement or decline. You can compare your results to the industry averages for that company, to a company that is very similar (like Walmart and Target), or compare the company to itself (like the past 2-5 years). 3. Form an opinion of how you believe the company is doing. Your analysis of the company should back up your opinion. Any ratios you perform will also support your opinion. 4. Your report should include a short background of the company you chose, your analysis, and your supported opinion. If you would like to attach two documents, one including your written work and the other including your analysis that would be fine. Or you can combine them into one Word document.

Choose ANY company and look online at their financials and form an opinion/analysis on how you feel they are doing. Compare it to previous years.