Students will analyze the financial statements of a company and submit a written paper pages summarizing findings from the financial analysis. The written paper must confirm to APA standards for structure and format. Both the calculations performed in Microsoft Excel and the report written in Microsoft Word should be uploaded to the drop box found in week 6. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Students will choose one company from the list below to analyze for their project:

Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) Barnes Group Inc. (B)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (RRGB)

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (ZOOM) ANGI Homeservices, Inc. (ANGI)

Yelp, Inc. (YELP) Facebook, Inc. (FB)

Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) Macy's, Inc. (M)

Tiffany & Co. (TIF) Coach, Inc. (COH)

Financial Analysis

Calculate the following ratios for the last 3 historical years:

Liquidity ratios	Capital Structure and Solvency
Current ratio	Total debt to equity
Acid-test ratio Collection period Days to sell inventory	Long-term debt to equity Times interest earned
Return on Investment Return on assets Return on common equity	Operating Performance Gross profit margin Operating profit margin Net profit margin
Asset utilization	Market measures
Inventory turnover	Price-to-earnings
Working capital turnover	Dividend payout rate
PPE turnover	Price-to-book
Total asset turnover

Written Paper

• Provide an overview of the company and the industry
  • Products or service offered
  • Major geographic and/or demographic markets served
  • Major competitors
  • SWOT analysis
  • Business strategy
• Identify key accounting principles that apply to this company
• Analyze the company's financial performance based on the ratios calculated assessing the following aspects of the company noting whether the company has been improving or not during the measurement period:
  • Growth
  • Profitability
  • Efficiency
  • Liquidity
  • Markets perception of the company
• Identify areas for improvement for the business

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