Homework: Financial Statement Analysis
For this homework, address the following seven parts in a Word document:
Part I: Overview of the company (one paragraph)
1. State the name of the company (VERIZON is the company)
2. Provide a brief overview of the company you selected, including a description of its business operations.
3. State the current market price per share.
Part II: Income statements (one to two paragraphs)
1. Summarize key trends in revenues, operating income, and net income over the last 3 years.
Part III: Common size income statements (one paragraph)
1. Evaluate the trends in gross margin, operating income margin, and net profit margin over the past 3 years.
Part IV: Balance sheets (one to two paragraphs)
1. Summarize key trends in total assets, total current assets, total current liabilities, long-term debt, and total shareholders' equity over the past 3 years.
Part V: Common size balance sheets (one paragraph)
1. Evaluate the trends in total current assets as a percent (%) of total assets, total current liabilities as a percent (%) of total assets, long-term debt as percent (%) of total assets, and total shareholders' equity as a percent (%) of total assets over the past 3 years.
Part VI: Cash flow (one paragraph)
1. Calculate simple cash flow for the past 3 years.
• Show your calculations.
2. Summarize the trend in simple cash flow for the past 3 years.
3. Compare the simple cash flow to the net operating cash flow from the statement of cash flows for the past 3 years.
Part VII: Financial analysis conclusion: (one paragraph)
1. Determine the strengths and weaknesses of the company based primarily on the trends in items discussed from the income statements, balance sheets, common size income statements, and common size balance sheets, as well as the comments on cash flow.
2. Create a table that indicates whether each financial fact is a strength or a weakness.
3. Determine the overall financial strength of the company based on the financial facts included as strengths or weaknesses.
• Categorize the overall financial performance of the company as strong, neutral, or weak.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.