Financial Ratio Analysis

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to help gain a better understanding of the financial statements used for corporate financial reporting and the key ratios used to make business decisions.

Assignment Steps

Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the following industries:

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Energy
  • Retail
  • Automotive
  • Computer Hardware

Review the balance sheet and income statement in the company’s 2015 Annual Report.

Calculate the following ratios using Microsoft® Excel®:

  • Current Ratio
  • Quick Ratio
  • Debt Equity Ratio
  • Inventory Turnover Ratio
  • Receivables Turnover Ratio
  • Total Assets Turnover Ratio
  • Profit Margin (Net Margin) Ratio
  • Return on Assets Ratio

Analyze in 1,050 words why each ratio is important for financial decision making.

Need analysis in word as well as calculations in excel.

Strict APA, No plagiarism. Also attached is grading guide.

Discuss what it mean the statement of Ethical Reasoning = Ethical Environment

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apa format graduate writing paper

The citation in paper includes author, year and page (p or pp.) or paragraph (para) number

600 or more words

2 or more apa style references and citation need to match the references

Ethical Reasoning = Ethical Environment

Write a report on the following in preparation for the short seminar titled Ethical Reasoning = Ethical Environment:

  • Discuss the importance of good governance, including transparency and accountability.
  • Recall how the whistle-blower at Company 1 (Week 1 Individual Project) informed and guided the audit committee to uncover the organizational fraud. Discuss the role of internal auditors in the fight against unethical and fraudulent activities and behavior.
  • Discuss the system of internal controls and how this system can contribute to the success rate of internal audit responsibilities.

Need to have introduction and conclusion heading also

Attached is Week 1 IP

Thanks

write Artwork information ?

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For this discussion, you will have to share 2 images.

  1. One image from the textbook in Chapter 3 only; not from chapter 2.
  2. One image of your own choice from the San Diego Museum of Art’s website: https://www.sdmart.org/collections/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

For each image, include the following information in “bullet” format (cut and paste the items below to use as your template):

Artwork information:

  1. Artist name
  2. Name of the artwork
  3. Date
  4. Medium (what it’s made of….oil paint, charcoal, etc)
  5. Attach the image
  6. Style of Representation: these are the general forms/styles of representation, or how art “looks”. Describe how it qualifies according to one of the styles. You must describe details of the artwork; anything from color, texture, flat areas, 3-D areas, size, whatever it seems to you to discuss to back up your choice of style.

• Abstract
• Representational or Naturalistic: Idealized, Expressionist, Surreal
• Non-representational

  • FORMAL ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION: Identify the artwork in regards to the noticeable elements & principles with your new vocabulary; you don’t need to address ALL of the elements/principles, just the ones that are dominant. Remember, now that we have a list of things to look for, we can identify them more easily. You MUST use the correct vocabulary (from the textbook) in order to earn credit.
    • FORMAL ELEMENTS: line, light and value, color, texture and pattern, shape and volume, space, time and motion, chance, improvisation and spontaneity.
    • PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION: balance, rhythm, proportion and scale, emphasis, unity and variety.

Make sure to respectfully comment on others’ choices while replying: often we need more than one set of eyes to see the big picture.

Failure to provide all of the information above will result in loss of credit. Do not upload a document file; provide the information in the numbered format above.

ACC501 Trident Budgeting, variance analysis and performance evaluations

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Full question on the attached:

T&P Fashion Shops is a new chain that operates 10 stores in major malls throughout the United States. Each store manager is responsible for preparing a flexible budget for the store. T&P headquarters accumulates and analyzes the information for each store and in the aggregate.

Below is the forecast (budgeted income statement) for the Houston store showing the breakdown of fixed and variable expenses in columns two through four. The last column shows the actual results.



Investment

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A new client, Dr. Bueller, has demonstrated a particular thirst for knowledge of stocks and bonds and has asked that you put together an example of these investments to illustrate how they work.

Calculate the returns on the following investments (include the US$ and percent) to illustrate how they work.

  1. A stock that does not pay a dividend of which you buy 100 shares for $25.00 per share and sell the 100 shares for $27.50 a year later. You pay the $50.00 commission when you sell the securities.
  2. A 5-year bond that you purchase for US$1,000 pays a 6% yearly rate. It is paid semiannually, and you hold the bond until maturity.
  3. The current yield on a bond that is priced at $89 has a 6% coupon.
  4. The yield-to-maturity (YTM) on a 7.25% ($1,000 par value) bond that has 10 years remaining to maturity, currently trading in the market at $825.
  5. The holding period return (HPR) for 1,000 shares of a no-load mutual fund currently selling at a NAV of $11, purchased a year ago at a NAV of $10.50/share, including $300 of distributed investment income dividends and capital gains dividends of $350.

After you have shared some basic information with Dr. Bueller about the different types of investments, he also wants you to explain the differences between the different types of bonds—from investment grade to high yield. Explain the various ratings that bonds can get and explain the two major rating agencies.

Assignment Guidelines

  • Perform the 5 calculations listed in the Assignment Description.
    • You must show all of your work as well as any formulas that you used.
    • If you used Excel to arrive at your answers, then you must provide an explanation of your methodology.
  • Next, answer the following questions for Dr. Bueller:
    • What are the different types of investments a person can make?
    • What are the differences between the various types of bonds?
    • What do bond ratings indicate, and what 2 major agencies are in charge of assigning these ratings?
  • Compile your calculations, Excel tables and explanations (if applicable), and your answers to the 3 questions above into a single Word document.

Your submitted assignment must include the following:

  • A 3–4-page Word document (body of paper) that contains your 5 assignment calculations, any work you performed in Excel along with your explanations, and your answers to the 3 questions listed in the Assignment Guidelines.

Career Connection: FInal Strategic Plan, business and finance homework help

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Write a 700- to 1,050-word section for your business model and strategic plan in which you add your strategies and tactics to implement and realize your objectives, measures, and targets.

  • Include marketing and information technology strategies and tactics.
  • Develop at least three methods to monitor and control your proposed strategic plan, being sure to analyze how the measures will advance organizational goals financially and operationally.
  • Determine the best possible options for evaluating the strategic plan.
  • Explain the ethical issues faced by the organization, summarize the legal and regulatory issues faced by the organization, and then summarize the organization’s corporate social responsibility.
  • Include in this section the possible implications of the triple bottom line (people, planet, profit) on the strategic plan and its implementation.

Write a 350-word executive summary defining the new division of existing business. Share your Vision, Mission, final business model, and value proposition, and list your key assumptions, risks, and change management issues. Quantify the growth and profit opportunity and planned impact on various stakeholders.

Note: Any investor should be eager to meet with you after reading your executive summary.

Using the University of Phoenix Business Model and Strategic Planning Outline as a guide, combine Parts 1, 2, and 3 of your completed business model strategic plan with your Final Business Plan Model assignment and Executive Summary. This includes the Business Model, Vision, Mission, Values, SWOT Analysis, Supply Chain Analysis, Balanced Scorecard, and Communication Plan from prior weeks. Your consolidated final strategic plan should be 4,200 to 5,250 words in length.

Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.

*** I HAVE ATTACHED PAPER FOR PART 1, PART 2 AND PART 3. for reference**

Human Resource 6 and 7 Discussion

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There are two questions listed below, please answer both questions listed below.

Question 1: Social Security

“Social Security should serve as a foundation for employee retirement programs. Therefore, Congress should explore more extensive revisions to the program to ensure that the next generation of retirees will receive the benefit.”

Do you agree or disagree with this statement?Explain your response.

Question 2: Unions

Where are unionizing efforts focused today?

•Do you agree with unions?Why or why not?

Please back your explanation with history and citations.

Evaluate your overall verbal delivery, communications homework help

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Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central).


Primary Task Response: The final step for your Informative Presentation will be delivering it to an audience of your peers. Based on your instructor’s feedback, peer feedback and your own thoughts, you should continue to refine your presentation into a professional-level presentation.

Step 1:

Watch your previous presentation to evaluate the aspects that are done well and areas of opportunity. Do the following:

  • After observing the areas done well, think about how you can incorporate those aspects into areas of opportunity.
  • Make note of dialog and slide modifications that are needed.
  • Evaluate areas where you could make a small modification to strengthen your presentation.
  • Evaluate your overall verbal delivery.

Step 2:

Edit the slides’ and notes’ content. Do the following:

  • Modify both the text on the slide and in the notes section.
  • Modify points where you are not making full use of bulleted primary, secondary, or tertiary points.
  • Condense full sentences that are present on your slides into short statements.
  • Modify slide content that does not fit the slide topic.
  • Modify slides where the visuals do not work, or add additional pictures, graphs, or diagrams that will enhance the slide.

Step 3:

Modifying your recording. Do the following:

  • Identify areas of your recording that had errors, long pauses, or other audio issues, and then based on your evaluation, rerecord your new dialogue and try to improve your performance. Rerecord your dialogue where you could make better use of vocal tools, where you made mistakes, or where there are other audio issues.

Please note, there should be modifications from your previous submission of this assignment. Remember, you want to have a polished presentation.

Peer Responses: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply. You should try to find a student who had a similar topic and a student who had a different topic from your presentation. In your replies, you should consider the following:

  • Did you feel your fellow classmates drew you into their topics? Discuss why or why not.
  • What were the strongest aspects of their presentations?
  • What are some areas of opportunity in their presentations?
  • What are some questions that you still have after viewing the presentations?

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Marketing Communication Discussion

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Marketing Communication

“Social Media Power Users” Please respond to the following:

  • Social listening is now being used by most brand managers. How important do you believe it is for brands to listen to social media chatter?
  • Almost all comments on social media are made by a small percentage of consumers. Do you think these comments are representative of most consumers and what they think of a brand? Why or why not? Further, do you use consumer-generated reviews in making purchase decisions? Why or why not?

***This is a discussion, NOT a paper. Need a 2 paragraphs and references. ***

one for-profit and one notforprofit (NGOs) organizations of your choice, management homework help

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Review two organizations — one for-profit and one

not-for-profit site of your choice — to gather data that you will use

to prepare a presentation of “best practices” and “recommendations” for

the organization, for the consumer, or for the industry at large.

The project will consist of these parts (specific instructions will follow):

PART I — BACKGROUND and LITERATURE

  • Description of the organizations and their digital/social media platforms
  • Overview and history of the industry using literature
  • Frame the project (put it in context) — what were you hoping to find out?

PART II — DATA METHODS AND FINDINGS

  • Data from your follow time frame (10-15 days) — use the content analysis process to review for content, behavior, interaction, style, etc.
  • Explain how you approached the research process, how you collected data
  • Include summary of data (chart/table)
  • Describe and analyze your data in a narrative that discusses themes or patterns

PART III — CONCLUSIONS and RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Your conclusions about the data and what these mean to the industry of social media practice
  • Your best practices and recommendation drawn from what you learned

This project should be prepared as a Word Document with a cover page, table of contents. (700 words)