Posted: April 3rd, 2015

Nike company

Nike company

Assignment summary:

The goal of this assignment is for each student to apply the knowledge that was attained in this class to a case study of a US public company.  Each student will select a company (it can be any US public company) as the subject of the analysis.  You will attain the financial information for that company in one of two ways (using the EDGAR tool on the SEC website -or- on the company website).

The financial statements will be analyzed and the results will become the basis of your paper.  In terms of analysis, there are multiple expectations:

You will pull the financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and the statement of cash flows) from EDGAR
You will select 3 account categories (examples: inventory, accounts receivable, long-term assets) and perform a deep-dive analysis on these three categories.  You will use the 10k report to assist in digging into the details of each of these accounts including the items included in each category.
You will review the changes from period to period for each of these categories highlighting the amount of change from period to period, including a review of the drivers of the changes
You will also include a review of their overall business and how these accounts are impacted based on the business type (for example: a manufacturer would have extensive use of inventory and would also likely make use of accounts receivable with their end customers).  You will need to discuss why you chose each of these categories as I would expect you would make these selections based on the business type.

Paper requirements:

The chosen company must be approved by the instructor
The paper will be 5 pages in length, which can include tables, graphs, etc
You will use 12-point font and double-spacing throughout
Title page, reference page and appropriate citations as required
The financial statements will be added as an appendix (I only want the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows….do not attach 20 pages)
Scope the analysis so that it is thorough and meets the length requirement.  Do not just submit 4 pages in liquidity and say that you are done