Instructions

Choose a company traded on the NYSE within the Technology sector. The company chosen is Microsoft. Use 2019, 2020, and 2021 financial statements to analyze and respond to the following sections of your report below:

Introduction

• Describe the researched corporation and industry being investigated.
• Brief history of the company, Ticker symbol for the company, competitive advantages, products offered, most recent stock price, and related stock trends.
• Industry size, threats, trends, and identified target market.

• Statement Analysis: Present a summarized version of the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for 2019-2021. Report on each statement. [Full statements are to be placed in the Appendices of your document].
• Ratio Analysis: Complete financial ratio analysis of the corporation in one table. That is, create a table of ratio results for the years 2019-2021 covering the headings: Liquidity, Activity, Debt, Profitability, and Market Structure. Then give a brief interpretation of each ratio result. [Use only ratios identified in the course textbook and do not state formulae or explain how each is calculated].
• Horizontal and Vertical Analysis: Complete a horizontal and vertical analysis for the corporation from 2019-2021 on the balance sheet and income statement and interpret your findings. [Do not look up 2018 data, use only 2019-2021 financials to complete this section].
• Overall Financial Condition: Describe the results of the ratio analysis under the broad headings defined in the text, for instance, in terms of Liquidity, Profitability, Debt, Activity, and Market Structure. [For example, a paragraph on the state of the companys profitability considering all ratios under that heading, then a paragraph on liquidity and so on].