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First Page

- Title of your work


- Module title and code
- Module Leader and Seminar Tutor (if relevant)
- Number of words
- Your student assessment number (J Number)

1- Introduction 5

- Explain the purpose of your report


- Background information about your two chosen companies

2 -Financial analysis and interpretation of company reports 25

critically analyse and compare how well the two companies are financially
performing over time, acknowledging any limitations associated with your
financial analysis.

- Critically analyse and compare how well the two companies are
financially performing over time.
- Vertical analysis/ Horizontal analysis/ Trend analysis/ Ratio
analysis.
- Literature
- Annual reports for the two companies for 5 years.
- Workings (Excel file/ within the text) – Appendix
- Interpretation of findings (comparison over time and between the
two companies)- reach a sub-conclusion.
 Limitations associated with your financial analysis.
o Literature

3 -Strategic and stakeholder analysis: the long-term sources of


finance & their disadvantages 10%

 Analyse the long-term sources of finance that your chosen companies


are using to fund their operations.
o Annual reports (Balance sheets and Income statements)
 Identifying the disadvantages of these sources.
o Literature
 Sub-conclusion

4-Strategic and stakeholder analysis: Main risks, their


management and their critical evaluation
 discuss the main risks that the chosen companies are facing
o Annual reports (risks)
 how they are managing these risks
o Annual report (Risk management)
 critically evaluating the measures put in place to manage them.
o Literature
 Sub-conclusion

5- Strategic and stakeholder analysis: Dividend policies, their


evaluation & factors to consider 10%

 Identify the dividend policies of your chosen companies


o Annual reports (dividends – 5 years)
 Critically evaluate the dividend policies of your chosen companies
o Literature (theories of dividends)
 discussion of the factors that their management need to consider in
formulating their dividend policies.
o Literature (practical factors)
 Sub-conclusion

6- Performance measurement analysis: Discounted payback


period and IRR and their disadvantages 20%

o Evaluate the two companies using the discounted payback period and
the internal rate of return (IRR)
o Annual reports (cash flows statement) & market capitalisation
from Stock Exchange
o Critically discuss the disadvantages of using both methods as capital
investment appraisal tools.
o Literature
 Sub-conclusion

7- Performance measurement analysis: Limitations of


Benchmarking & advantages of BSc and comments on the use of
them 10%

 Critically discuss the limitations associated with various types of


benchmarking
o Literature
 Identify the main advantages of balanced scorecard.
o Literature
 Include comments on how balanced scorecard and various types of
benchmarking can help your chosen companies achieve their strategic
objectives.
o Link literature to annual reports
 Sub-conclusion

8- Conclusions and recommendations for the investor. 5

 Summary of the above sections


 Recommendations for investor (with justifications)

Referencing list

The APA referencing style

Appendixes

Workings

9 Presentation 5

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