Strategic Business Assessment on S&P $500$ Company, is a summation of weekly news reports and company research assignments.

Please prepare a report on selecting any company from S&P $500$ Company and answer the followings:

$1.$ Brief summary of the business profile $($Yahoo$!$ Finance$).$

$2.$ Research Balance Sheet $($BS$),$ Income Statement $($IS$)$ and Cash flow statements $($CFS$)$ for three years.

$3.$ Identify six relevant numbers from BS$,$ IS$,$ and CFS to gain insights into negative$/$positive trends, i$.$e$.,$ earnings decline, reduced cash flow, etc.

$4.$ Use tables and$/$or graphs to illustrate changes.

For example:

Name of

company $2011$

$2010$

$2009$

Net Income

$($IS$)20,00021,00024,000$

Retained Earnings $($BS$)(14,000)8,00014,000$

Operating

Activity $($CFS$)(18,000)6,00012,000$

One could assume that this company is experiencing some significant financial issues with $$obvious$$ negative financial trends.

$5.$ Research, assess and explain relevant ratios short and long term effects on the company$$s financial well being

$6.$ Analyze the company$$s positive$/$negative use of leverage

$7.$ Evaluate the organizations capital structure and its relationship to risk and return

$8.$ Assess the company$$s financial health in relation to shareholder$$s wealth

$9.$ Based on the above information defend your first week$$s positive or negative position on this company. Has your opinion changed, if so why or why not.