question archive Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1—Measuring Financial Health and Performance In M2: Assignment 2, you identified specific ratios for a specific scenario at Compnet
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Assignment 2: Required Assignment 1—Measuring Financial Health and Performance
In M2: Assignment 2, you identified specific ratios for a specific scenario at Compnet. In the scenario, you determined the ratios for a potential investment opportunity. These ratios will help you interpret the performance trends of Compnet and make appropriate investment and loan decisions.
In this assignment, you will analyze the scenario from M2: Assignment 2 in detail. You will calculate the ratios identified and compare your calculations with two other companies in competition with Compnet. You will create a PowerPoint presentation of your analysis. The components of this presentation are detailed below.
M2 : Scenario Consider the following scenario for this assignment: You are a manager at Compnet and your CEO has asked you to break down the financial statements into categories of accounts so that you can analyze trends within the company.attached are the ratios for the scenario from M2:
The two companies with which you will compare Compnet's results are Electro Scientific (Stock Symbol: ESIO) and CTS Corp (Stock Symbol: CTS). By conducting an Internet search, you can find the companies' current financial information and determine the trends in the industry. You can obtain the financial information of the two companies at the following links:
Tasks:
CTS On the basis of your calculations, compare Compnet with the two other companies and answer the following questions:
Notes:
Submission Details:
Produce a 10–12 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.ppt. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M3_A2.ppt. Use APA format to cite your sources.
By Wednesday, September 2, 2015, deliver your presentation to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Grading Criteria
Assignment Components
Proficient
Max Points
Conduct a financial Analysis in Excel.
Financial Analysis is clear and accurate. Calculations are accurate and laid out in an easily comprehensible and logical manner.
60
Provide a comparative analysis of Compnet against two other companies.
Comparison of companies is detailed and provides a good analysis of the financial decisions and performance trends to make informed investment recommendations.
60
Develop a PowerPoint presentation.
PowerPoint presentation is comprehensive and includes all pertinent information and in enough detail as per assignment instructions.
60
Academic Writing
Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
200