Company- CATERPILLAR Inc.
- Draft of Company Description
- Draft of Financial Statement Trend Assessment
- Provide one full APA page of text (minimum) that identifies your company, it’s primary products, markets, subsidiaries, risks, and any special highlights about your assigned corporation. This is also required for the Corporate Description of your paper.
- Provide one half page APA text (minimum). What is your assigned corporation’s current condition of the ‘right-hand’ side of the balance sheet in terms of total debt to total equity of the firm? In other words, provide and analyze the debt to equity ratio. This is a required part of the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) portion of your paper.
- Provide one full APA page of text (minimum) that discusses the following items. Note: One APA page total, not one APA page for each. This is also required for the Financial Statement Trend Assessment in your final paper.
- Skim through the firm’s most recent annual report. What are your impressions on the company’s income statement trends and balance sheet trends? Report on at least one interesting finding from each of the income statement trends and balance sheet trends.
- List some interesting financial facts about your company. This could be related to revenue, income, taxes paid, or any of the financial aspects examined in Chapters 2 and 3.
3. Draft Ratio Analysis with at least five of the ratio trends calculated (not just input) using formulas in Excel
4. Draft of the written ratio trend analysis pertaining to 3 above provided in Word
- Ratio categories must include
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Short Term Solvency aka Liquidity
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Long Term Solvency aka Financial Leverage
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Asset Management aka Turnover
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Profitability
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Market Value
Select and analyze at least three ratios from each category, 15 ratios minimum. A three-year ratio analysis is the minimum expectation. A five-year analysis receives preferred grading.
5. Draft of the Stock Price, PE, and EPS trend analysis compared to competitors, with current beta comparison to competitors. A trend is not required for beta.Excel calculations are not required for this section.
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