REQUIREMENTS: You are tasked with performing a dctallod financial analysis of two Jamaicmen compunics. Hoocy Bun L.td and Consolidated Bakeries Ltd. More spocifically, you are to propure a simgle comprehensive report which addresses the following requirements: 1. Explain the value, purpose, and limitations of natio analysis. 2. Explain the significance of ratio trend analysis. 3. Explain the signifikance of competitor ratio analysis. 4. Identify the industry within which both Honey Bun and Consolidasod Bakenes operate, and provide a brief everview of this isdustry. 5. Provide separate compuny overviews for Honcy Bun AND for Coesolidanad Bakeries. Use information from the chairman's and or management reporth, new reports. websites, analysts' reviews, and other relevant sources to support your discuason. Also, outline the kcy saceeses and challenges faced by both compunies in theit financial year ending in 2021. Indicate any major cperational or financial issues which arose during that year, why they arose, and bow they were resolved. 6. Using the full list of ration and formulas as outlined on the ratio analysis worksheet peovided on Moodle, calculate each of the stated ratios for BOTH coenpunies for the three (3) financial years eoding in 2019, 2020, and 2021. 7. Yoe are then to propere a detalied trend analysis discussion for BoOTH compunies over the sarne period. Your analyses should reference the results of the ratios calculated and mast incerperate the ase of graphsicharts. Your discussion should go beyond simply stating the trends observed, as the mujority of the marks will come from your ability to explain of jastify the trends observed and discuss their implications for the business. Yoo shoald utilise information from the notes to the financial satements, other sections of the annual reports or froen eeher relevant sources to suppoet your analyses. This is expecially crucial where yoed observe significant movemesss in any of the trends (wbether pesitive or negative). The discusios of the trend for each ratio sheuld be doec is eee to rwe welldeveloped paragraphs, and each company should be discused separately. 8. You are also to prepare a summary comparing and costrasting the gcheral liquility, solvency, peofitability, asset management, and inveament performince of BOTH comspanists. The comparative discussion for tach ratie category should span ene te nwe welldeveloped paragraphs. In addition to the instructions above, please note the following: - You are to use the Jamaica Stock Exchange website or the ropective company wabsites to retrice the annual reports for the companics for 2020 and 2021 as these neports contain the financial statcments and other background information which will firm the basis of your analysis. Yea will also be expected to pull on oeher rekearch sources to support your analysis and to meet the requirements of the takk. REQUIREMENTS: You are tasked with performing a dctallod financial analysis of two Jamaicmen compunics. Hoocy Bun L.td and Consolidated Bakeries Ltd. More spocifically, you are to propure a simgle comprehensive report which addresses the following requirements: 1. Explain the value, purpose, and limitations of natio analysis. 2. Explain the significance of ratio trend analysis. 3. Explain the signifikance of competitor ratio analysis. 4. Identify the industry within which both Honey Bun and Consolidasod Bakenes operate, and provide a brief everview of this isdustry. 5. Provide separate compuny overviews for Honcy Bun AND for Coesolidanad Bakeries. Use information from the chairman's and or management reporth, new reports. websites, analysts' reviews, and other relevant sources to support your discuason. Also, outline the kcy saceeses and challenges faced by both compunies in theit financial year ending in 2021. Indicate any major cperational or financial issues which arose during that year, why they arose, and bow they were resolved. 6. Using the full list of ration and formulas as outlined on the ratio analysis worksheet peovided on Moodle, calculate each of the stated ratios for BOTH coenpunies for the three (3) financial years eoding in 2019, 2020, and 2021. 7. Yoe are then to propere a detalied trend analysis discussion for BoOTH compunies over the sarne period. Your analyses should reference the results of the ratios calculated and mast incerperate the ase of graphsicharts. Your discussion should go beyond simply stating the trends observed, as the mujority of the marks will come from your ability to explain of jastify the trends observed and discuss their implications for the business. Yoo shoald utilise information from the notes to the financial satements, other sections of the annual reports or froen eeher relevant sources to suppoet your analyses. This is expecially crucial where yoed observe significant movemesss in any of the trends (wbether pesitive or negative). The discusios of the trend for each ratio sheuld be doec is eee to rwe welldeveloped paragraphs, and each company should be discused separately. 8. You are also to prepare a summary comparing and costrasting the gcheral liquility, solvency, peofitability, asset management, and inveament performince of BOTH comspanists. The comparative discussion for tach ratie category should span ene te nwe welldeveloped paragraphs. In addition to the instructions above, please note the following: - You are to use the Jamaica Stock Exchange website or the ropective company wabsites to retrice the annual reports for the companics for 2020 and 2021 as these neports contain the financial statcments and other background information which will firm the basis of your analysis. Yea will also be expected to pull on oeher rekearch sources to support your analysis and to meet the requirements of the takk
