UNIVERSITY / INSTITUTE: Strayer University

CLASS / COURSE: FIN 534

QUESTION DESCRIPTION:

Review of Financial Research Report: This assignment is an analysis of a US publicly traded

company; its common stock could be a prospective investment. Needs to be at least 5 pages, format and actions to complete:

Company Overview. Conduct research and describe the company, its operations, locations, markets, and lines of business. Collect financial statements for the past 3 years, fiscal or calendar.

Ratio Analysis. Perform trend and ratio analysis on current and fixed assets, current and long term liabilities, owner's equity, sales revenues, EBIT, net income, and earnings per share. Project these trends 3 years in the future.

Stock Price Analysis. Research the company's common stock price for the past 5 years. Research the Standard & Poor's Stock Market Index (S&P 500) for the past 5 years. Chart the price movement in the company's common stock against the S&P price movement. State and support your opinion on the company's common stock as an investment today.

References. Use at least 5 references and apply APA format to the report.

SOLUTION DESCRIPTION: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was founded in year 1911. It is an Information Technology company......

SUBJECTS / CATEGORIES:
1. Finance
2. Financial Management
3. Accounting
4. Corporate Finance
5. Investment and Portfolio Management