Financial Statement and Ratios Analysis Paper

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Access the two most recent annual reports and financial statements for your chosen corporation.
Prepare a 1,750-word analysis of the financial statements of the corporation that includes the following:
• Describe the company’s history and background.
• Explain the company’s organizational structure.
• Identify the current chief executive officer (CEO) and other senior officers, including the following:
• Their brief biographies
• Their annual compensation
• Display the company’s 5-year monthly historical stock price.
• Perform a financial ratio analyses using all the following ratios:
• Debt-equity ratio
• Current ratio
• Quick ratio
• Cash ratio
• Return on equity
• Net profit margin
NOTE: The ratios must be calculated in MS Excel for the most recent fiscal year. No credit will be earned without the calculations from the balance sheet and income statement information components for the ratios.
• Include at least five of the following ratios in your analysis:
• Cash conversion cycle
• Profit margin analysis
• Effective tax rate
• Return on assets
• Return on capital employed
• Debt ratio
• Cash flow to debt ratio
• Fixed-asset turnover
• Sales/revenue per employee
• Operating cycle
• Operating cash flow/sales ratio
• Free cash flow/operating cash ratio
• Perform a competitive analysis.
• Identify the company’s competitors.
• Compare performance and financial ratios between the company and its competitors.
• Evaluate the organization’s overall financial effectiveness.
• Make recommendations for improving the organizational structure.
• Predict the company’s future financial effectiveness.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.