Paper Assignment
Length: 8 pages.
Choose a publicly traded firm listed on NYSE or NASDAQ, pretending to be a financial analyst. Provide a detail financial analysis for a potential customer and make a recommendation of "Buy" or "Sell" to the customer about the firm.
1) Brief history and development of the company: when it started, how it has grown
2) Description on current status: size, recent performance, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, organization structure, core business, services offered. Students are encouraged to use graphs, charts, tables to illustrate the financial status of the company.
3) Equity valuation: overpriced, underpriced, or fairly priced
4) Regulations and the effect of the regulations on the institutions
5) Market analysis: general trend, competitors, external influences, global issues
6) Diagnosis of current problems, challenges and future prospects
7) Conclusion.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.