Financial statement is a formal record of the financial activities of a business entity, where relevant financial information is presented in a structured manner and in a form easy to understand. They statements include Balance sheet, Income statement, statement of cash flow and statement of shareholders Equity. For large corporations, these statements may be complex and may include an extensive set of notes.

The notes typically describe each item on the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement in further detail. In short financial statements are considered an integral part of the business organization.

Therefore as a student of financial statement analysis, you are required to be very critic of the subject by analyzing through various methods of analysis.

You are required: Select a company of your choice and analyze its financial Statement through comparative analysis, Indexed, common size balance sheet analysis and ratio analysis for a period of 5 years. You will probably be able to find all of the financial statement information you need at the companys website. If you have trouble finding the information you can pick up from the latest financial textbooks. The financial statement analysis of the chosen company should include the following sections.

Question I Introduction and a brief summary of your selected companys profile.

Question II (CLO 2) (K5 5 Marks) Apply the various financial statement analysis methods available for business organization to assess their financial performance for future decision- making.

Question: III (CLO3) (S5 5 Marks and S8 5 Marks) 1. Prepare common size income statement and balance sheet of the selected company 2. Prepare a Comparative statement analysis of the same income statement and Balance sheet. 3. Prepare an Indexed analysis of the same income statement and Balance sheet. 4. Carryout ratio analysis of the profitability, activity, liquidity and solvency of the company 5. State the limitations of ratio analysis Question IV (CLO4) (CSD1 5 Marks) You are required to give independent comments on each analysis of above questions and give brief conclusion. Please note that each section should have an appropriate heading and the writing should be in the form of sentences and paragraphs, not bullet points. It is to be noted that you must individually draft your assignment. The emphasis is on effort, not resultsfull credits awarded for a good faith effort to complete hand-in assignments. The following acts are deemed as academic dishonesty; 1. Plagiarism 2. Unauthorized Collaboration 3. Collusion 4. Falsifying Academic Records 5. Any other acts (or attempted acts) that violate the basic standard of academic integrity (e.g., multiple submissionssubmitting essentially the same written assignment for two courses without authorization to do so.