For this project, you will play the role of a financial analyst. You have been assigned to  do an in-depth analysis of the business and its industry from the perspective of an  independent research analyst.
2. The written research report on the subject companies must:
1. include a cover page with the course title, team members name, date, and title of the  report a minimum;
2. follow by the report content with no longer than 15 pages, although you may  include an appendix no longer than 20 pages;
3. contain only publicly available information;
4. be the original work of the team members;
5. contain (but not limited to) the following sections:
a.Analyze and compare a group of companies in the same industry
b.Executive summary
c.Risk and return analysis
d.Capital structure analysis
e.Dividend policy analysis
f. Reference list
3. The valuation report will address the following issues:
1. The industry and company information can be found in many public resources, like Value line, Hoover's, Yahoo Finance, Morningstar, Wall Street Journal, etc. The 10-k of the firm normally has lots of the information too. 10-k is available on the website of SEC (http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html). Also, don't forget the librarian Diane. It is time to ask her something.
2. Need to explain the reason for conclusion. 
4. Your report must be written using Microsoft Word and submitted as a single document, that is, one file only. The report needs to be submitted electronically only. The paper should be presented in a way that makes it visually attractive and appealing. Remember, you are trying to convey some important conclusions from your analysis of your company and trying to sell your ideas. The use of color, some relevant images or pictures, different font sizes for headers, the use of sub-sections, bullets where appropriate, tables, graphs etc. will make your paper stand out from the crowd, but the analysis needs to be strong and convincing based on the evidence you present.