1) A brief discussion of the firm to include its principle
goods and services, market share, geographic locations where it operates and
major competitors.
2) Evaluate the firm’s financial condition and strategies.
This will include the firm’s weighted average cost of capital, profitability
over the past three years, the dividend policy, any issuance of corporate bonds
and the use of debt.
3) In addition to the firm’s financial statements and annual
report, two other sources of referenced financial data are required for
analysis, e.g., value line or yahoo finance.
4) At least one referenced source of industry averages,
e.g., Dunn & Bradstreet or Hoover’s. In addition, the discussion in the
research paper will evaluate at least three of the firm’s financial ratios compared
to the industry average.
5) The firm’s three-year monthly stock price will be plotted
over past three years and included as a table or chart in the research paper.
Analysis will include comments on the stock price volatility.
6) Describe and analyze how the firm handles currency
exchange risk.
7) Organize your research paper to logically flow and
address all requirements. This research paper will be graded on both content
and format.
8) Discuss any capital market considerations the firm
encounters in its home country.
9) On a separate document, provide the page numbers in your
research paper where the response to the specific tasks above can be found.
