• INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT ONE INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Due date: 5th October 2023, at 12:00 PM. 2. The assignment should not be more than nine (9) pages. 3. This is a group assignment where each group will be expected to select a company on Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) and carry out an analysis. 4. No two or more groups will be allowed to carry out an analysis of the same company, ensure that you liaise through your WhatsApp group to avoid duplication of work as you choose companies to analyse failure to which the work will not be marked. 5. Supporting annual financial reports used in working on the assignment should be submitted together with the assignment report. 6. Marks allocation indicates the depth of answers expected. 7. Additional marks will be awarded based on work presentation, demonstration of depth research, supporting statistics, referencing and appropriate citation. Table of content and list of references to be included. ASSIGNMENT QUESTION This project assignment requires you to study the financial health of any organization listed on the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE). You will be expected to analyse the financial environment in which the company of your choice operates. Through a thorough financial analysis, you should be able to identify and understand the financial factors influencing the company and its decision making. You should identify, study and interpret the financial statements in light of company's performance by evaluating various ratios to appreciate their impact on company's performance over the last five years. Critical decisions of distributing dividends, issue of bonus, debentures and other current developments should be analyzed and their impact on the bottom line of the company assessed. Finally you will be expected to carryout ratio analysis, liquidity ratios analysis, market ratios analysis and trend analysis of the company in last five years. The report should cover the following areas: 1. Introduction (5 Marks) 2. Environmental analysis (8 Marks) 3. Financial statement and ratios (45 Marks)
• Profitability ratios analysis
• liquidity ratios analysis
• Market ratios analysis
• Cash conversion cycle
 
• Average growth rate 4. Critical decisions analysis (in line with variables mentioned in the question)  5. Financial analysis theory and techniques  6. Analysis of current systems in the company 7. Conclusion  8. References