ACC 201 Financial Statement Analysis Project Modified
ACC 201 Financial Statement Analysis Project Modified
ACC 201 Financial Statement Analysis Project Modified
Select two similar publicly traded companies (for example, Ford &
GM, or McDonalds & Wendys). You must get approval from your
professor for your company selections. Once a pair of companies is
selected by and approved for a team, those companies are not
available for others. See the accompanying list of potential pairings.
3.
1.
Enter the Income Statement for each company (side-by-side). You
may need to do
some( calculations to determine steps like Gross Profit, if that figure is
not provided by your company.
2.
Enter the Balance Sheet for each company (side-by-side). You may
need to do
some calculations to determine Current Assets or Current
Liabilities. List the
current assets individually, but show the total as well.
3.
2.
2.
Was each company issued a clean audit report? And if not,
why not?
2.
3.
4.
5.
Select the 4-5 most important ratios (you decide) and convert them
into graphs. For groups of 3 members, do 4 ratios; for groups of 4
students, do 5 ratios.
2. Create a PowerPoint slide show for your presentation. Start with an
introduction to your two companies, including some basic data on one
slide such as total sales, gross profit, net income, total assets, total
liabilities, and total equity. Follow the introduction and company
overviews with your graph slides. Have each team member explain a
graph. At the end, indicate which company you would invest in and
why, as well as what the weaker company could do to improve its
position.