Category: Business Finance

The assignment for this topic consists if two parts:

1) For your first topic in this discussion I would like for you to briefly review either your personal experiences and/or the financial literature to identify and present a description of one actual capital project/product failure and the reasons attributed to the failure.

Remember this is a one to two paragraph exercise – do not go overboard – a few hours research and summation is all thats required. I am interested only in your short, concise description of the project and the major reasons you believe it failed.

In your response please provide financial information regarding the project (what is available): initial outlay, projected cash flows, final dollar losses.

2) Synthesize your one-paragraph position on what 3-5 specific factors you believe most likely to contribute to capital project analysis failure.

3) Include a short paragraph reflecting on specifically what you learned/gained from the assignment and how it could apply in the workplace.

Please see Project Paper 2 Template for reference (page 11)

Develop a specific recommendation with supporting rationale for the client

Develop a specific recommendation with supporting rationale for the company management

Paper should be:

1-2 pages

typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, with margins no wider than one inch

have footnotes or end-notes, with correct citations

have a bibliography of sources used

include, for each entry, the author, title, city and state of publisher, publisher’s name, year, and page numbers

Create a Power Point presentation consisting of 5-7 slides, plus the title slide, that contains the main results of part 1 of the Research Project you developed about the company’s financial performance, your recommendations on the company’s financial stability, and which steps should be done to improve its financial stability.

1) Background and Industry of Facebook, Inc.
2) Common-size analysis of the balance sheet

typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, with margins no wider than one inch

Facebook. (2019). Facebook, Inc SEC 10-K. Sec.gov. Retrieved from 
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680119000009
/fb-12312018x10k.htm

Uploads are NOT my work. Please use for reference ONLY!

ROE and DuPont analysis

Step 1: Read the articles. These articles contain examples of using DuPont formula to analyze ROE. You will be using these example to answer the questions listed at the bottom of the topic description.

How Did Deltic Timber Corporation’s (DEL) 3.41% ROE Fare Against The Industry? By Liz Campbell
Simply Wall St. October 5, 2017

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/did-deltic-timber-corporation-del-113618019.html

2)      With A Recent ROE Of 3.33%, Can Glen Burnie Bancorp (GLBZ) Catch Up To Its Industry?- By Brent Freeman
Simply Wall St. October 5, 2017

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/recent-roe-3-33-glen-195619168.html

3)      What You Must Know About Continental Materials Corporation’s (CUO) Return on Equity- By Bernadette Hatcher
Simply Wall St. October 5, 2017

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/must-know-continental-materials-corporation-180614863.html

Step 2: Answer all discussion questions.

You must use the company assigned for you for the project and one of its peer competitor.

For this discussion you will get financial information using www.morningstar.com website.

Please long in www.morningstar.com

Type the stock symbol in the search window. This is the window just below the title MORNINGSTAR on the top of the screen.

Once you have your company page, click on Key Ratios.

Click on Full Key Ratios Data .

ROE and it’s components for DuPont formula can be found under Profitability. Debt/equity ratio can be found under Key Ratios Financial Health.

To get the list of competitors now you need to click on Analysis – and click on Competitors.

Your assignment:

Please also note that your answers should be written in your own words. Don’t use quotes from the articles.

In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all questions.

Find ROE, Net profit margin (listed as net margin), asset turnover, financial leverage for the last three years for your company. You also may use debt/equity ratio in your analysis.

Find ROE, Net profit margin (listed as net margin), asset turnover, financial leverage for the last year for its major peer competitor. You also may use debt/equity ratio of peer competitor in your analysis.

Has the company’s ROE changed over the last three years? What was the main factor that influenced this change?

Compare the ratios of you company to the peer competitor. If the management of the company would like to improve their return on equity, what should the management of the company do?