Guidelines

You are required to download the most current financial statement of any company registered in the Dubai or Abu Dhabi stock exchange. Your project work should proceed as follows:

Section $1($introduction$)(5$ marks$)$

Give a brief background information about the company. Information that may be included in this section includes the name of the company, year of establishment, ownership, line of business, and other appropriate information.

Section $2($Financial statement analysis$)(10$ marks$)$

Perform a financial analysis of the most current year and provide information as follows:

Inventory

How much is the company's closing inventory and what inventory valuation method is used by the company?

Account receivables

Evaluate and calculate the company's account receivables and specify whether there is some provision for bad or doubtful debt.

Property plant and equipment

Give a summary of the company's plants and equipment if any and describe the company's depreciation method. Mention whether the company has any provisions for impairment.

Intangible assets

Describe the company's intangible assets and what is their value.

Investments

Describe and evaluate the company's investments, if any, and specify whether they are shortterm or lc$$ng$-$term.

Current and non$-$current liabilities

Determine the company's current and non$-$current liabilities

Equity

Describes the company's equity in terms of authorized capital, issued capital, whether the company has ordinary shares or preference shares, retained earnings, etc.

Section $3($Conclusion and recommendation$)(5$ marks$)$

Based on your analysis of the company's key assets and liabilities, give your opinion on whether the company is in a good financial position and give any necessary advice you think would assist the company going forward.

Grading emphasis will be on originality of writing, clarity, and thorough analysis of the company's financial indices.