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FIN 320 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Final Project Part I Part I Overview Business professionals typically need to demonstrate a core set of financial knowledge to earn the job and to succeed on a job. For this part of the assessment, you will be given a scenario in which you are asked to illustrate your financial management knowledge. This part of the final project addresses the following course outcomes: Analyze the roles and responsibilities of financial managers in confirming compliance with federal and shareholder requirements Differentiate between various financial markets and institutions by comparing and contrasting options when selecting appropriate private and corporate investments Part I Prompt You have completed an internship in the finance division of a fast-growing information technology corporation. Your boss, the financial manager, is considering hiring you for a full-time job. He first wants to evaluate your financial knowledge and has provided you with a short examination. When composing your answers to this employment examination, ensure that they are cohesive and read like a short essay. Your submission must address the following critical elements: I. Analyze Roles and Responsibilities for Compliance A. Examine the types of decisions financial managers make. How are these decisions related to the primary objective of financial managers? B. Analyze the various ethical issues a financial manager could potentially face and how these could be handled. C. Compare and contrast the different federal safeguards that are in place to reduce financial reporting abuse. Why are these considered appropriate safeguards? II. Investment Options A. If a private company is \"going public,\" what does this mean, and how would the company do this? What are the advantages of doing this? Do you see any disadvantages? If so, what are they? B. How do the largest U.S. stock markets differ? Out of those choices, which would be the smartest private investment option, in your opinion? Why? C. Compare and contrast the various investment products that are available and the types of institutions that sell them. Final Project Part I Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Ensure that your employment examination is submitted as one comprehensive and cohesive short essay. It should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Citations should be formatted according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Roles and Responsibilities: Examine Exemplary (100%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes examples in analysis Roles and Responsibilities: Analyze Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and analysis indicates a clear understanding of ethical standards in finance Roles and Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and Responsibilities: analysis indicates a clear Compare and Contrast understanding of federal safeguards in finance Investment: Private Company Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes examples in analysis Investment: U.S. Stock Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Markets explains choice of smartest stock market to invest private money into Proficient (85%) Comprehensively examines the types of decisions financial managers make, including how these decisions are related to their primary objective Needs Improvement (55%) Examines the types of decisions financial managers make, including how these decisions are related to their primary objective, but examination is not comprehensive Comprehensively analyzes the Analyzes the various ethical issues various ethical issues a financial a financial manager could manager could potentially face potentially face and how these and how these issues could be issues could be handled, but handled analysis is not comprehensive Accurately analyzes different Analyzes different federal federal safeguards that are in safeguards that are in place to place to reduce financial reduce financial reporting abuse, reporting abuse, including why but analysis is inaccurate or these safeguards are appropriate cursory, or analysis of why these safeguards are appropriate is inaccurate or cursory Comprehensively compares and Compares and contrasts the contrasts the advantages and advantages and disadvantages of disadvantages of a company a company \"going public\" versus \"going public\" versus staying staying private, but analysis is not private comprehensive Comprehensively and accurately Differentiates between the differentiates between the largest largest U.S. stock markets, but U.S. stock markets and indicates analysis is inaccurate or cursory choice of smartest stock market or is missing choice of smartest to invest private money into stock market to invest private money into Not Evident (0%) Does not examine the types of decisions financial managers make Value 15.83 Does not analyze the various ethical issues a financial manager could potentially face and how these issues could be handled 15.83 Does not analyze different federal safeguards 15.83 Does not compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a company \"going public\" versus staying private Does not differentiate between the largest U.S. stock markets 15.83 15.83 Investment: Compare and Contrast Articulation of Response Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes both foreign and domestic institutions Comprehensively compares and contrasts the various investment products available and the types of institutions that sell them Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization spelling, syntax, or organization and is presented in a professional and easy to read format Compares and contrasts the various investment products and the types of institutions that sell them, but analysis is not comprehensive Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Does not compare and contrast the various investment products and the types of institutions that sell them 15.83 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas Earned Total 5.02 100% Final Project Part II Part II Overview For this part of the final project, you will be given a scenario in which you are asked to illustrate your financial computation and analysis skills. This part of the assessment addresses the following course outcomes: Compute financial ratios, time value, variables, and returns using industry standard tools for optimizing financial success Analyze corporate financial data for multiple companies in evaluating past and future financial performances Part II Prompt For this section of your employment exam, you will select two companies. The first company needs to come from your TDAU thinkorswim portfolio. The second needs to be a competitor of the first company from the same industry. You will be responsible for collecting, synthesizing, and making decisions regarding both companies. After evaluating these companies' financial data, you will then decide which company's stock is the better investment. This section of your employment examination must be submitted in two parts. Part A will contain the workbooks that house all of your quantitative data and formulas, along with any of the information that is relevant for your chosen companies. Part B will contain your answers to the questions asked below, composed in a cohesive manner. If you are referring to data that is found within the workbooks in Part A, be sure to include a citationfor example, \"rate of return is 3.570 USD (E64, WB2),\" where E64 is the cell that the calculation took place in and WB2 is designating \"workbook 2.\" This ensures that your instructor can quickly and accurately check data entry, formula use, and financial calculations. Your submission must address the following critical elements: I. Preparing the Workbooks A. Download the annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the last three completed fiscal years for your chosen companies. This information must be included in your final submission. B. Prepare a worksheet for each of the companies to display their financial data for the last three fiscal years. Ensure your data is accurate and organized. Include these worksheets as a workbook in your final submission. C. Find historical stock prices for both companies and add this information to the respective spreadsheets. Consider the appropriate date range you should use. II. Three-Year Returns A. What is the three-year return on the stock price of the first company (Company A)? How is the stock performing? Ensure that you use the appropriate formula in your spreadsheets to calculate the three-year return on the given company's stock price. B. What is the three-year return on the stock price of the second company (Company B)? How is this stock performing? Ensure that you use the appropriate formula in your spreadsheets to calculate the three-year return on your chosen company's stock price. C. How do these two stocks compare in terms of three-year returns? What does this indicate about these two companies? III. Financial Calculations A. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the price-to-earnings ratio for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. B. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the debt-to-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. C. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the return-on-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. D. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the earnings per share for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. E. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the profit margins for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. F. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the free cash flows for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. IV. Industry Averages A. Obtain current industry averages of three of the financial calculations above for both companies and add this information to your spreadsheet for comparison. Ensure the accuracy and organization of your data. B. In this context, how is each company's financial health? How do these two companies compare to one another? Consider the appropriate date range you should use. V. Performance Over Time A. Analyze the performance of the Company A over time. What financial strengths and weaknesses does this company have? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier. B. Analyze the performance of your Company B over time. What financial strengths and weaknesses does this company have? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier. C. Analyze how the data differ between these two companies. Why do you think this is? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier. VI. Investment A. Are the companies considered growth or value companies? Why? B. Which company's stock is the better investment? Consider supporting your answer with data. Final Project Part II Rubric Guidelines for Submission: This part of the final project will be submitted in two parts. Part A will contain the workbooks that house all of your quantitative data and formulas, along with any of the information that is relevant for your chosen company. Part B will contain your answers to the prompts, composed in a cohesive manner. Part B should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Citations should be formatted according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Preparing: Download Exemplary Preparing: Worksheet Preparing: Stock Prices Returns: Company A Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and logically explains reasoning behind indication of stock performance (100%) Returns: Company B Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and logically explains reasoning behind indication of stock performance (100%) Proficient Downloads and includes annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the last three fiscal years for chosen companies (100%) Prepares worksheet for chosen and given companies, displaying all financial data for the last three fiscal years in an accurate and organized manner (100%) Adds historical stock prices for an appropriate date range for the chosen and given companies to their respective worksheets (100%) Correctly calculates the threeyear return on the stock price of the given company and accurately indicates how this stock is performing (85%) Correctly calculates the threeyear return on the stock price of the chosen company and accurately indicates how this stock is performing (85%) Needs Improvement Downloads and includes annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for chosen companies but is missing various components (55%) Not Evident Does not download and include annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the last three fiscal years for chosen companies (0%) Does not prepare worksheets for both the chosen and given companies (0%) Value 2 Adds historical stock prices for the chosen and given companies, but data has been inaccurately entered or is not for an appropriate date range (55%) Does not add historical stock prices for the given and chosen companies to their respective worksheets (0%) 2 Calculates the three-year return on the stock price of the given company, but calculation is incorrect or indication of how this stock is performing is inaccurate or missing (55%) Calculates the three-year return on the stock price of the chosen company, but calculation is incorrect or indication of how this stock is performing is inaccurate or missing (55%) Does not calculate the threeyear return on the stock price of the given company (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the threeyear return on the stock price of the chosen company (0%) 5.63 Prepares worksheet for chosen and given companies, displaying financial data for the last three fiscal years, but worksheets are unorganized, inaccurate, or incomplete (55%) 2 Returns: Compare Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and explanation demonstrates nuanced understanding of three-year returns and their implications (100%) Calculations: Price-toEarnings Ratios Calculations: Debt-toEquity Ratios Calculations: Returnon-Equity Ratios Calculations: Earnings Per Share Calculations: Profit Margins Calculations: Free Cash Flows Industry Averages: Industry Averages Industry Averages: Financial Health Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes current industry averages within an appropriate date range (100%) Compares the three-year returns of the given and chosen companies, explaining what this indicates about each company (85%) Correctly calculates the priceto-earnings ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the debtto-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the returnon-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the earnings per share for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the profit margins for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the free cash flows for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Adds current industry averages for chosen and given companies to worksheet in an accurate and organized manner (100%) Analyzes the given and chosen companies' financial health by comparing the two companies' current industry averages (85%) Compares the three-year returns of the given and chosen companies, but explanation of what this indicates about each company is cursory or missing (55%) Calculates the price-to-earnings ratios of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the debt-to-equity ratios of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the return-on-equity ratios of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the earnings per share of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the profit margins of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the free cash flows of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Adds current industry averages for chosen and given companies to worksheets, but some data is inaccurate, unorganized, or missing (55%) Analyzes the given and chosen companies' financial health by comparing the two companies' industry averages but does not consider the current industry rates (55%) Does not compare the threeyear returns of the given and chosen companies (0%) 6.43 Does not calculate the price-toearnings ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the debt-toequity ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the returnon-equity ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the earnings per share ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the profit margins of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the free cash flows of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not add current industry averages for chosen and given companies to worksheets (0%) 2 Does not analyze the given and chosen companies' financial health (0%) 6.43 Performance: Company Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and A references free cash flow and ratios calculated for the given company in analysis (100%) Performance: Company Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and B references free cash flow and ratios calculated for the chosen company in analysis (100%) Performance: Differ Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and references the companies' free cash flows and ratios calculated in analysis (100%) Comprehensively analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the given company over time (85%) Comprehensively analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen company over time (85%) Accurately contrasts the performances of the given and chosen companies over time, including a logical, proposed explanation of these performances (85%) Comprehensively analyzes whether the companies are considered growth or value companies, including a logical explanation of why (85%) Analyzes each company's stock, including a logical explanation of personal preference of which stock to purchase (85%) Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the given company over time, but analysis is not comprehensive (55%) Does not analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the given company over time (0%) 6.43 Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen company over time, but analysis is not comprehensive (55%) Does not analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen company over time (0%) 6.43 Does not contrast the performances of the given and chosen companies over time (0%) 6.43 Does not analyze whether the companies are considered growth or value companies (0%) 6.43 Does not analyze each company's stock (0%) 6.43 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%) 1.95 Contrasts the performances of the given and chosen companies over time, but analysis is inaccurate or cursory, or the included explanation of these performances is illogical or cursory (55%) Investment: Growth or Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Analyzes whether the companies are Value includes quantitative data to considered growth or value companies, support analysis (100%) but analysis is not comprehensive, or the explanation included is illogical or cursory (55%) Investment: Stock Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Analyzes each company's stock, includes quantitative data to including an explanation of personal support analysis (100%) preference of stock options, but analysis or explanation is illogical or cursory (55%) Articulation of Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors Submission has major errors related to Response related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or spelling, syntax, and spelling, syntax, or organization organization that negatively impact organization and is presented in (85%) readability and articulation of main a professional and easy to read ideas (55%) format (100%) Earned Total 100% Final Project Part III Part III Overview To make corporate finance decisions, take an advanced finance course, or pursue a career in finance, you will need to understand basic concepts. This includes going beyond the number crunching and reading graphs in order to analyze various financial indicators. This analysis can lead to many important decisions in your financial career. For this part of the final project, you will be given a scenario in which you are asked to illustrate your financial knowledge and analysis skills. This part of the assessment addresses the following course outcomes: Analyze the roles and responsibilities of financial managers in confirming compliance with federal and shareholder requirements Differentiate between various financial markets and institutions by comparing and contrasting options when selecting appropriate private and corporate investments Compute financial ratios, time value, variables, and returns using industry standard tools for optimizing financial success Analyze corporate financial data for multiple companies in evaluating past and future financial performances Part III Prompt The results of both sections of your employment examination have finally been received, and you were offered the position. You have a few important decisions to make before you can formally accept or decline the position. When composing your answers to these decisions, ensure that they are cohesive and read like a short essay. Your submission must address the following critical elements: I. School Versus Work A. The school you would like to attend costs $100,000. To help finance your education, you need to choose whether or not to sell your 1,000 shares of Apple stock, 1,000 EE Savings Bonds (with $100 denominations and 4.25% coupon rate) that are five years from their 30-year maturity date, or a combination of both. Provide the appropriate data and calculations that you would perform to make this decision. B. What are the advantages and disadvantages of selling a combination of stocks and bonds? Be sure to support your answers. C. Suppose that you choose to sell your stocks, bonds, or a combination of both. What is your choice, and what is your financial reasoning behind this choice? Consider supporting your answer with quantitative data. D. Suppose that you choose to accept the job. What is your financial reasoning behind this choice? Be sure to support your answer with quantitative data. II. Bonus Versus Stock A. The company has offered you a $5,000 bonus, which you may receive today, or 100 shares of the company's stock, which has a current stock price of $50 per share. Mathematically, what is the best choice? Why? B. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each option? Be sure to support your answers. C. What would you ultimately choose to do? What is your financial reasoning behind this choice? Consider supporting your answer with quantitative data. III. Compliance A. While investigating the shares offered to you by your potential boss, you discover that the company you are considering working for is not registered as required under the Securities Act of 1933. How does this influence you as a potential employee and as a potential shareholder? Be sure to reference any applicable statutes or laws. B. You know that accepting this job may eventually lead to a promotion into the role of the financial manager. As the potential financial manager, what federal and shareholder requirements would you need to be familiar with in order to ensure that you are being completely compliant? Final Project Part III Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Please ensure that your decision plan is submitted as one comprehensive and cohesive short essay. It should use double spacing, 12point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Citations should be formatted according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements School Versus Work: Finance Your Education School Versus Work: Advantages and Disadvantages School Versus Work: Choose to Sell School Versus Work: Accept the Job Bonus Versus Stock: Offered Exemplary Proficient Accurately calculates the worth of stocks, bonds, and combinations of stocks and bonds, including the appropriate data and calculations with submission (100%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Comprehensively differentiates provides historical data, as well the advantages and as quantitative data, to support disadvantages of selling a answer (100%) combination of stocks and bonds and provides support for answer (85%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Examines choice to sell stocks, supports examination with bonds, or combination of both, quantitative data (100%) explaining the financial reasoning behind the choice (85%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Examines choice to accept the supports examination with job, explaining the financial quantitative data (100%) reasoning behind the choice (85%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and Accurately calculates the best explanation of the best choice choice of receiving a cash bonus demonstrates nuanced versus receiving company stock, understanding of the time-value including an explanation of the of money (100%) best choice (85%) Needs Improvement Calculates the worth of stocks, bonds, and combinations of stocks and bonds, but calculation is inaccurate or appropriate data and/or calculations are not included in submission (55%) Differentiates the advantages and disadvantages of selling a combination of stocks and bonds, but analysis is not comprehensive or support is cursory or missing (55%) Examines choice to sell stocks, bonds, or combination of both, but explanation of the financial reasoning behind the choice is cursory or missing (55%) Examines choice to accept the job, but explanation of the financial reasoning behind the choice is cursory or missing (55%) Calculates the best choice of receiving a cash bonus versus receiving company stock, but calculation is inaccurate or explanation of best choice is cursory or missing (55%) Not Evident Does not calculate the worth of stocks, bonds, and combinations of stocks and bonds (0%) Value 11.88 Does not differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of selling a combination of stocks and bonds (0%) 11.88 Does not examine choice to sell stocks, bonds, or combination of both (0%) 7.92 Does not examine choice to accept the job (0%) 7.92 Does not calculate the best choice of receiving a cash bonus versus receiving company stock (0%) 11.88 Bonus Versus Stock: Advantages and Disadvantages Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and analysis includes quantitative data (100%) Comprehensively analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the cash and stock options, supporting each option (85%) Analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the cash and stock options, but analysis is not comprehensive or support for each option is cursory or missing (55%) Bonus Versus Stock: Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Chooses cash or stock option, Chooses cash or stock option, Choose supports choice with including logical financial including financial reasoning quantitative data (100%) reasoning behind the choice behind the choice, but reasoning (85%) is illogical or missing (55%) Compliance: Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Comprehensively analyzes the Analyzes the influence of Investigating references demonstrate influence of noncompliance on noncompliance on potential knowledge of current events in potential employees and employees and potential finance (100%) potential shareholders, including shareholders, but analysis is not references to statutes and laws comprehensive or support does in analysis (85%) not include references to statutes or laws (55%) Compliance: Accepting Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and Comprehensively analyzes the Analyzes the federal and analysis demonstrates nuanced federal and shareholder shareholder requirements understanding of requirements requirements necessary for a necessary for a financial manager for compliance with federal laws financial manager to become to become familiar with in order (100%) familiar with in order to ensure to ensure compliance, but compliance (85%) analysis is not comprehensive (55%) Articulation of Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors Submission has major errors Response related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and spelling, syntax, or organization spelling, syntax, or organization organization and is presented in (85%) that negatively impact readability a professional and easy to read and articulation of main ideas format (100%) (55%) Does not analyze the advantages or disadvantages of the cash and stock options (0%) 11.88 Does not choose cash or stock option (0%) 7.92 Does not analyze the influence of noncompliance on potential employees or potential shareholders (0%) 11.88 Does not analyze the federal and shareholder requirements necessary for a financial manager to become familiar with in order to ensure compliance (0%) 11.88 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%) 4.96 Earned Total 100% FIN 320 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Final Project Part I Part I Overview Business professionals typically need to demonstrate a core set of financial knowledge to earn the job and to succeed on a job. For this part of the assessment, you will be given a scenario in which you are asked to illustrate your financial management knowledge. This part of the final project addresses the following course outcomes: Analyze the roles and responsibilities of financial managers in confirming compliance with federal and shareholder requirements Differentiate between various financial markets and institutions by comparing and contrasting options when selecting appropriate private and corporate investments Part I Prompt You have completed an internship in the finance division of a fast-growing information technology corporation. Your boss, the financial manager, is considering hiring you for a full-time job. He first wants to evaluate your financial knowledge and has provided you with a short examination. When composing your answers to this employment examination, ensure that they are cohesive and read like a short essay. Your submission must address the following critical elements: I. Analyze Roles and Responsibilities for Compliance A. Examine the types of decisions financial managers make. How are these decisions related to the primary objective of financial managers? B. Analyze the various ethical issues a financial manager could potentially face and how these could be handled. C. Compare and contrast the different federal safeguards that are in place to reduce financial reporting abuse. Why are these considered appropriate safeguards? II. Investment Options A. If a private company is \"going public,\" what does this mean, and how would the company do this? What are the advantages of doing this? Do you see any disadvantages? If so, what are they? B. How do the largest U.S. stock markets differ? Out of those choices, which would be the smartest private investment option, in your opinion? Why? C. Compare and contrast the various investment products that are available and the types of institutions that sell them. Final Project Part I Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Ensure that your employment examination is submitted as one comprehensive and cohesive short essay. It should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Citations should be formatted according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Roles and Responsibilities: Examine Exemplary (100%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes examples in analysis Roles and Responsibilities: Analyze Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and analysis indicates a clear understanding of ethical standards in finance Roles and Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and Responsibilities: analysis indicates a clear Compare and Contrast understanding of federal safeguards in finance Investment: Private Company Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes examples in analysis Investment: U.S. Stock Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Markets explains choice of smartest stock market to invest private money into Proficient (85%) Comprehensively examines the types of decisions financial managers make, including how these decisions are related to their primary objective Needs Improvement (55%) Examines the types of decisions financial managers make, including how these decisions are related to their primary objective, but examination is not comprehensive Comprehensively analyzes the Analyzes the various ethical issues various ethical issues a financial a financial manager could manager could potentially face potentially face and how these and how these issues could be issues could be handled, but handled analysis is not comprehensive Accurately analyzes different Analyzes different federal federal safeguards that are in safeguards that are in place to place to reduce financial reduce financial reporting abuse, reporting abuse, including why but analysis is inaccurate or these safeguards are appropriate cursory, or analysis of why these safeguards are appropriate is inaccurate or cursory Comprehensively compares and Compares and contrasts the contrasts the advantages and advantages and disadvantages of disadvantages of a company a company \"going public\" versus \"going public\" versus staying staying private, but analysis is not private comprehensive Comprehensively and accurately Differentiates between the differentiates between the largest largest U.S. stock markets, but U.S. stock markets and indicates analysis is inaccurate or cursory choice of smartest stock market or is missing choice of smartest to invest private money into stock market to invest private money into Not Evident (0%) Does not examine the types of decisions financial managers make Value 15.83 Does not analyze the various ethical issues a financial manager could potentially face and how these issues could be handled 15.83 Does not analyze different federal safeguards 15.83 Does not compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a company \"going public\" versus staying private Does not differentiate between the largest U.S. stock markets 15.83 15.83 Investment: Compare and Contrast Articulation of Response Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes both foreign and domestic institutions Comprehensively compares and contrasts the various investment products available and the types of institutions that sell them Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization spelling, syntax, or organization and is presented in a professional and easy to read format Compares and contrasts the various investment products and the types of institutions that sell them, but analysis is not comprehensive Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Does not compare and contrast the various investment products and the types of institutions that sell them 15.83 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas Earned Total 5.02 100% Final Project Part II Part II Overview For this part of the final project, you will be given a scenario in which you are asked to illustrate your financial computation and analysis skills. This part of the assessment addresses the following course outcomes: Compute financial ratios, time value, variables, and returns using industry standard tools for optimizing financial success Analyze corporate financial data for multiple companies in evaluating past and future financial performances Part II Prompt For this section of your employment exam, you will select two companies. The first company needs to come from your TDAU thinkorswim portfolio. The second needs to be a competitor of the first company from the same industry. You will be responsible for collecting, synthesizing, and making decisions regarding both companies. After evaluating these companies' financial data, you will then decide which company's stock is the better investment. This section of your employment examination must be submitted in two parts. Part A will contain the workbooks that house all of your quantitative data and formulas, along with any of the information that is relevant for your chosen companies. Part B will contain your answers to the questions asked below, composed in a cohesive manner. If you are referring to data that is found within the workbooks in Part A, be sure to include a citationfor example, \"rate of return is 3.570 USD (E64, WB2),\" where E64 is the cell that the calculation took place in and WB2 is designating \"workbook 2.\" This ensures that your instructor can quickly and accurately check data entry, formula use, and financial calculations. Your submission must address the following critical elements: I. Preparing the Workbooks A. Download the annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the last three completed fiscal years for your chosen companies. This information must be included in your final submission. B. Prepare a worksheet for each of the companies to display their financial data for the last three fiscal years. Ensure your data is accurate and organized. Include these worksheets as a workbook in your final submission. C. Find historical stock prices for both companies and add this information to the respective spreadsheets. Consider the appropriate date range you should use. II. Three-Year Returns A. What is the three-year return on the stock price of the first company (Company A)? How is the stock performing? Ensure that you use the appropriate formula in your spreadsheets to calculate the three-year return on the given company's stock price. B. What is the three-year return on the stock price of the second company (Company B)? How is this stock performing? Ensure that you use the appropriate formula in your spreadsheets to calculate the three-year return on your chosen company's stock price. C. How do these two stocks compare in terms of three-year returns? What does this indicate about these two companies? III. Financial Calculations A. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the price-to-earnings ratio for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. B. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the debt-to-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. C. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the return-on-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. D. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the earnings per share for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. E. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the profit margins for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. F. Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks, calculate the free cash flows for the last three fiscal years of the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct formula. IV. Industry Averages A. Obtain current industry averages of three of the financial calculations above for both companies and add this information to your spreadsheet for comparison. Ensure the accuracy and organization of your data. B. In this context, how is each company's financial health? How do these two companies compare to one another? Consider the appropriate date range you should use. V. Performance Over Time A. Analyze the performance of the Company A over time. What financial strengths and weaknesses does this company have? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier. B. Analyze the performance of your Company B over time. What financial strengths and weaknesses does this company have? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier. C. Analyze how the data differ between these two companies. Why do you think this is? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier. VI. Investment A. Are the companies considered growth or value companies? Why? B. Which company's stock is the better investment? Consider supporting your answer with data. Final Project Part II Rubric Guidelines for Submission: This part of the final project will be submitted in two parts. Part A will contain the workbooks that house all of your quantitative data and formulas, along with any of the information that is relevant for your chosen company. Part B will contain your answers to the prompts, composed in a cohesive manner. Part B should use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Citations should be formatted according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Preparing: Download Exemplary Preparing: Worksheet Preparing: Stock Prices Returns: Company A Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and logically explains reasoning behind indication of stock performance (100%) Returns: Company B Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and logically explains reasoning behind indication of stock performance (100%) Proficient Downloads and includes annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the last three fiscal years for chosen companies (100%) Prepares worksheet for chosen and given companies, displaying all financial data for the last three fiscal years in an accurate and organized manner (100%) Adds historical stock prices for an appropriate date range for the chosen and given companies to their respective worksheets (100%) Correctly calculates the threeyear return on the stock price of the given company and accurately indicates how this stock is performing (85%) Correctly calculates the threeyear return on the stock price of the chosen company and accurately indicates how this stock is performing (85%) Needs Improvement Downloads and includes annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for chosen companies but is missing various components (55%) Not Evident Does not download and include annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements for the last three fiscal years for chosen companies (0%) Does not prepare worksheets for both the chosen and given companies (0%) Value 2 Adds historical stock prices for the chosen and given companies, but data has been inaccurately entered or is not for an appropriate date range (55%) Does not add historical stock prices for the given and chosen companies to their respective worksheets (0%) 2 Calculates the three-year return on the stock price of the given company, but calculation is incorrect or indication of how this stock is performing is inaccurate or missing (55%) Calculates the three-year return on the stock price of the chosen company, but calculation is incorrect or indication of how this stock is performing is inaccurate or missing (55%) Does not calculate the threeyear return on the stock price of the given company (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the threeyear return on the stock price of the chosen company (0%) 5.63 Prepares worksheet for chosen and given companies, displaying financial data for the last three fiscal years, but worksheets are unorganized, inaccurate, or incomplete (55%) 2 Returns: Compare Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and explanation demonstrates nuanced understanding of three-year returns and their implications (100%) Calculations: Price-toEarnings Ratios Calculations: Debt-toEquity Ratios Calculations: Returnon-Equity Ratios Calculations: Earnings Per Share Calculations: Profit Margins Calculations: Free Cash Flows Industry Averages: Industry Averages Industry Averages: Financial Health Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and includes current industry averages within an appropriate date range (100%) Compares the three-year returns of the given and chosen companies, explaining what this indicates about each company (85%) Correctly calculates the priceto-earnings ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the debtto-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the returnon-equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the earnings per share for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the profit margins for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Correctly calculates the free cash flows for the last three fiscal years of the given and chosen companies (100%) Adds current industry averages for chosen and given companies to worksheet in an accurate and organized manner (100%) Analyzes the given and chosen companies' financial health by comparing the two companies' current industry averages (85%) Compares the three-year returns of the given and chosen companies, but explanation of what this indicates about each company is cursory or missing (55%) Calculates the price-to-earnings ratios of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the debt-to-equity ratios of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the return-on-equity ratios of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the earnings per share of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the profit margins of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Calculates the free cash flows of the given and chosen companies, but calculations are incorrect or do not consider the last three fiscal years (55%) Adds current industry averages for chosen and given companies to worksheets, but some data is inaccurate, unorganized, or missing (55%) Analyzes the given and chosen companies' financial health by comparing the two companies' industry averages but does not consider the current industry rates (55%) Does not compare the threeyear returns of the given and chosen companies (0%) 6.43 Does not calculate the price-toearnings ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the debt-toequity ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the returnon-equity ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the earnings per share ratios of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the profit margins of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not calculate the free cash flows of the given and chosen companies (0%) 5.63 Does not add current industry averages for chosen and given companies to worksheets (0%) 2 Does not analyze the given and chosen companies' financial health (0%) 6.43 Performance: Company Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and A references free cash flow and ratios calculated for the given company in analysis (100%) Performance: Company Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and B references free cash flow and ratios calculated for the chosen company in analysis (100%) Performance: Differ Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and references the companies' free cash flows and ratios calculated in analysis (100%) Comprehensively analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the given company over time (85%) Comprehensively analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen company over time (85%) Accurately contrasts the performances of the given and chosen companies over time, including a logical, proposed explanation of these performances (85%) Comprehensively analyzes whether the companies are considered growth or value companies, including a logical explanation of why (85%) Analyzes each company's stock, including a logical explanation of personal preference of which stock to purchase (85%) Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the given company over time, but analysis is not comprehensive (55%) Does not analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the given company over time (0%) 6.43 Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen company over time, but analysis is not comprehensive (55%) Does not analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen company over time (0%) 6.43 Does not contrast the performances of the given and chosen companies over time (0%) 6.43 Does not analyze whether the companies are considered growth or value companies (0%) 6.43 Does not analyze each company's stock (0%) 6.43 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%) 1.95 Contrasts the performances of the given and chosen companies over time, but analysis is inaccurate or cursory, or the included explanation of these performances is illogical or cursory (55%) Investment: Growth or Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Analyzes whether the companies are Value includes quantitative data to considered growth or value companies, support analysis (100%) but analysis is not comprehensive, or the explanation included is illogical or cursory (55%) Investment: Stock Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Analyzes each company's stock, includes quantitative data to including an explanation of personal support analysis (100%) preference of stock options, but analysis or explanation is illogical or cursory (55%) Articulation of Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors Submission has major errors related to Response related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or spelling, syntax, and spelling, syntax, or organization organization that negatively impact organization and is presented in (85%) readability and articulation of main a professional and easy to read ideas (55%) format (100%) Earned Total 100% Final Project Part III Part III Overview To make corporate finance decisions, take an advanced finance course, or pursue a career in finance, you will need to understand basic concepts. This includes going beyond the number crunching and reading graphs in order to analyze various financial indicators. This analysis can lead to many important decisions in your financial career. For this part of the final project, you will be given a scenario in which you are asked to illustrate your financial knowledge and analysis skills. This part of the assessment addresses the following course outcomes: Analyze the roles and responsibilities of financial managers in confirming compliance with federal and shareholder requirements Differentiate between various financial markets and institutions by comparing and contrasting options when selecting appropriate private and corporate investments Compute financial ratios, time value, variables, and returns using industry standard tools for optimizing financial success Analyze corporate financial data for multiple companies in evaluating past and future financial performances Part III Prompt The results of both sections of your employment examination have finally been received, and you were offered the position. You have a few important decisions to make before you can formally accept or decline the position. When composing your answers to these decisions, ensure that they are cohesive and read like a short essay. Your submission must address the following critical elements: I. School Versus Work A. The school you would like to attend costs $100,000. To help finance your education, you need to choose whether or not to sell your 1,000 shares of Apple stock, 1,000 EE Savings Bonds (with $100 denominations and 4.25% coupon rate) that are five years from their 30-year maturity date, or a combination of both. Provide the appropriate data and calculations that you would perform to make this decision. B. What are the advantages and disadvantages of selling a combination of stocks and bonds? Be sure to support your answers. C. Suppose that you choose to sell your stocks, bonds, or a combination of both. What is your choice, and what is your financial reasoning behind this choice? Consider supporting your answer with quantitative data. D. Suppose that you choose to accept the job. What is your financial reasoning behind this choice? Be sure to support your answer with quantitative data. II. Bonus Versus Stock A. The company has offered you a $5,000 bonus, which you may receive today, or 100 shares of the company's stock, which has a current stock price of $50 per share. Mathematically, what is the best choice? Why? B. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each option? Be sure to support your answers. C. What would you ultimately choose to do? What is your financial reasoning behind this choice? Consider supporting your answer with quantitative data. III. Compliance A. While investigating the shares offered to you by your potential boss, you discover that the company you are considering working for is not registered as required under the Securities Act of 1933. How does this influence you as a potential employee and as a potential shareholder? Be sure to reference any applicable statutes or laws. B. You know that accepting this job may eventually lead to a promotion into the role of the financial manager. As the potential financial manager, what federal and shareholder requirements would you need to be familiar with in order to ensure that you are being completely compliant? Final Project Part III Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Please ensure that your decision plan is submitted as one comprehensive and cohesive short essay. It should use double spacing, 12point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Citations should be formatted according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements School Versus Work: Finance Your Education School Versus Work: Advantages and Disadvantages School Versus Work: Choose to Sell School Versus Work: Accept the Job Bonus Versus Stock: Offered Exemplary Proficient Accurately calculates the worth of stocks, bonds, and combinations of stocks and bonds, including the appropriate data and calculations with submission (100%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Comprehensively differentiates provides historical data, as well the advantages and as quantitative data, to support disadvantages of selling a answer (100%) combination of stocks and bonds and provides support for answer (85%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Examines choice to sell stocks, supports examination with bonds, or combination of both, quantitative data (100%) explaining the financial reasoning behind the choice (85%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Examines choice to accept the supports examination with job, explaining the financial quantitative data (100%) reasoning behind the choice (85%) Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and Accurately calculates the best explanation of the best choice choice of receiving a cash bonus demonstrates nuanced versus receiving company stock, understanding of the time-value including an explanation of the of money (100%) best choice (85%) Needs Improvement Calculates the worth of stocks, bonds, and combinations of stocks and bonds, but calculation is inaccurate or appropriate data and/or calculations are not included in submission (55%) Differentiates the advantages and disadvantages of selling a combination of stocks and bonds, but analysis is not comprehensive or support is cursory or missing (55%) Examines choice to sell stocks, bonds, or combination of both, but explanation of the financial reasoning behind the choice is cursory or missing (55%) Examines choice to accept the job, but explanation of the financial reasoning behind the choice is cursory or missing (55%) Calculates the best choice of receiving a cash bonus versus receiving company stock, but calculation is inaccurate or explanation of best choice is cursory or missing (55%) Not Evident Does not calculate the worth of stocks, bonds, and combinations of stocks and bonds (0%) Value 11.88 Does not differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of selling a combination of stocks and bonds (0%) 11.88 Does not examine choice to sell stocks, bonds, or combination of both (0%) 7.92 Does not examine choice to accept the job (0%) 7.92 Does not calculate the best choice of receiving a cash bonus versus receiving company stock (0%) 11.88 Bonus Versus Stock: Advantages and Disadvantages Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and analysis includes quantitative data (100%) Comprehensively analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the cash and stock options, supporting each option (85%) Analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the cash and stock options, but analysis is not comprehensive or support for each option is cursory or missing (55%) Bonus Versus Stock: Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Chooses cash or stock option, Chooses cash or stock option, Choose supports choice with including logical financial including financial reasoning quantitative data (100%) reasoning behind the choice behind the choice, but reasoning (85%) is illogical or missing (55%) Compliance: Meets \"Proficient\" criteria and Comprehensively analyzes the Analyzes the influence of Investigating references demonstrate influence of noncompliance on noncompliance on potential knowledge of current events in potential employees and employees and potential finance (100%) potential shareholders, including shareholders, but analysis is not references to statutes and laws comprehensive or support does in analysis (85%) not include references to statutes or laws (55%) Compliance: Accepting Meets \"Proficient\" criteria, and Comprehensively analyzes the Analyzes the federal and analysis demonstrates nuanced federal and shareholder shareholder requirements understanding of requirements requirements necessary for a necessary for a financial manager for compliance with federal laws financial manager to become to become familiar with in order (100%) familiar with in order to ensure to ensure compliance, but compliance (85%) analysis is not comprehensive (55%) Articulation of Submission is free of errors Submission has no major errors Submission has major errors Response related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and spelling, syntax, or organization spelling, syntax, or organization organization and is presented in (85%) that negatively impact readability a professional and easy to read and articulation of main ideas format (100%) (55%) Does not analyze the advantages or disadvantages of the cash and stock options (0%) 11.88 Does not choose cash or stock option (0%) 7.92 Does not analyze the influence of noncompliance on potential employees or potential shareholders (0%) 11.88 Does not analyze the federal and shareholder requirements necessary for a financial manager to become familiar with in order to ensure compliance (0%) 11.88 Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%) 4.96 Earned Total 100%