Stock Analysis Assignment:

Assume you are a stock analyst at an investment firm,

And are in charge of providing a recommendation to buy, sell or hold of a stock.

Please provide this recommendation and provide the supportive arguments

in the form of a paper presentation of at least two pages long.

Strong suggestion: Access Morning Star, Bloomberg terminal, Yahoo finance, or a investment brokers portal. Many of these sources are offered to you through our University.

Your paper can parallel and summarize/ spot light the information presented in those sources.

You should offer your recommendation based on examining this analysis.

You should follow and highlight the companys fundamentals analysis approach,

But you should also follow and highlight the stocks trending and technical approach to its valuation.

Here are some ideas on what you may want to include :

Information about the stock and its stock price.

The stock symbol

The stocks current price.

The stocks price history.

The stocks target price in 90 days, 180 days, 360 days from now.

You are trying to determine the value of the firm, and through that the value of the stock.

You place the company in its industry and the dynamics of the industry and competition.

You identify the companys strategies and revenue sources.

You find the companys financials and assess their quality.

You analyze the companys profitability and risk based on these statements,

As well as general industry or other sources.

You forecast and project cash flows (future earnings and costs )

How big is your company ? How does it fit into its markets ?

What are its key financial figures and ratios ?

What do they mean? What story are they suggesting about your company?

Find press releases or other information that substantiate your arguments.

Please review and use the framework provided in your textbook,

As well as the course material posted on blackboard for chapters 9, 3 & 4.

On financial information and ratios, on Assets & Liabilities and Cash Flows of your company.

On The identifying and valuing the risk. Determining the profitability and its sustainability.

Describe and analyze your companys operating, finance, and investment activities, and their impact on the stock price.

Following a Market based as well as a discounted cash flow approach in the valuation of your company.

& perhaps Including:

Porters Industry Analysis for sizing up your company to the industry:

Horizontal competition

Rivalry among Existing Firms

Threat of New Entrants

Threat of Substitutes

Vertical competition

Buyer Power

Supplier Power

Another framework for Strategy Analysis

Nature of product or service

Integration within value chain

Geographical diversification

Industry diversification

These articles can help you some more in developing the analytical framework for your stock.

http://wiki.fool.com/How_to_Write_a_Stock_Analysis_Report

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032113/basics-financial-analysis-report.asp