The assignment will be to undertake a financial analysis of a company from the list of options below. You are required to write a report. Assume that you have recently joined the Competitor and Market Analysis Team at one of the businesses below. Your report should be an analysis of the OTHER company in that pair of companies. You should follow the approach to appraisal developed in the course lectures (the CORE approach) and Porters Competitor Analysis framework. Use your new employer as a benchmark for your comparative analysis. It should include; An executive summary An appropriate Introduction A description of the industry A description of the business and its operating segments A financial analysis of the business with consequent commentary on performance Comparison with your employer. Appropriate discussion and conclusion sections. The latest annual report and financial statements for the following companies are all publicly available on the internet: BooHoo - Asos Tesco - Sainsbury's Prysmian Nexans Vestas and Canadian Solar BP Shell Remember to use Directors Reports, notes to the accounts and information from the web as well as the core financial statements. Remember sources outside the firm also provide information and may, at times, be more objective or at least offer alternative views on performance and prospects. Support graphically where appropriate. Guideline length is 2,000 words. Page length is flexible as your report is likely to contain numeric data, diagrams and charts. A more detailed expectation of an analysis report is provided in the lecture notes. Include a reference list which references all your source material.