your analysis should cover the financial position and performance of the

business over at least the last $2$ years. balfour beatty and morgan sindall group

Using financial ratio analysis as well as other techniques, you are required to

use the company$$s latest Annual Report and to make comparisons with the performance of one other company in the same industry

$.$ When writing the report, your focus should be on the main company, using the other company and any industry average

Financial Ratios Calculation:

You need to calculate a comprehensive set of ratios for

at

least two years

$($you can do more if you wish$)$ for your

allocated company and for the company you have selected for

comparative purposes. These ratios should cover the

following five core areas:

a$)$ Profitability

b$)$ Liquidity

c$)$ Efficiency

d$)$ Financing

e$)$ Investment potentia

An interpretation and assessment

of each company$$s recent

financial performance and position based exclusively on the

financial statements in the Annual Reports. This analysis and

assessment should cover the following five core areas: $-$

Ratio calculations

$.$

We encourage you to calculate the

financial ratios using Excel. The calculations should

be presented in clearly prepared tables, either in Excel

or Word.

also include around $200$ words of Reflective Statement $($detailing what you have gained from carrying out the assignment. You should particularly focus on the skills that you have acquired

Profitability: gross profit margin, operating profit margin, return on ordinary shareholder$$s funds, return on capital employed

liquidity ratios: current ratio, quick acid test ratio

efficiency ratios: inventory turnover period, settlement period for trades receivables $,$ settlement period for trades payables, sales revenue per employee,

financial gearing ratio: gearing ratio, interest cover ratio

investment ratios: EPS, P$/$E ratio, dividend per share, dividend yield ratio