Ratio analysis assignment doc

Grading Guide for Financial Statements, Part II, Due Week 3

Content

Write your paper by answering the following questions in the order presented. You can use those questions as a header.

Points Available

8

Points Earned

Additional Comments:

NOTE: Your paper should be about Home Depot and NOT just general discussion of the financial statements requirements below. You must include substantial financial information, result of your analysis etc. in your paper.

The paper clearly and effectively demonstrates the following:

1. (5 points) Does management’s assessment of the financial condition agree with your assessment from the Financial Statements Paper Part I? (You must clearly state a "yes" or a "no".) Explain your response. Support your answer using trend analysis, vertical analysis, OR ratio analysis.***

2. (2 points) In the Annual Report, there are several concerns from management. Discuss these concerns, and identify other weaknesses not discussed by management. Then, recommend a course of action addressing these concerns.

3. (1 point) The paper includes an introduction and a conclusion.

Organization / Development (As related to the content of this assignment)

Points Available

1

Points Earned

Additional Comments:

· The paper is 1,050 to 1,750 words in length. This includes all analysis.

· Do keep all your assignments to a manageable word size but answer all the key questions.

· Student provided sufficient background on the topic and previews major points.

· Follow the order of assignments and requirements when answering.

· The paper is logical, flows, and reviews the major points.

Mechanics (As related to the content of this assignment)

Points Available

1

Points Earned

Additional Comments:

· Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed, and spelling is correct.

· APA format is followed. Deduction up to 0.8 or more.

· Note that your paper should not have more than 30% “similarity” (resulting from the plagiarism check) even with correct in-text citations and reference. If that is the case that means you did not write most of the paper yourself. Therefore, you will not earn any points for the submission.

Fail to include your name

Point Deduction (1)

Point Deducted

Additional Comments:

*** To fulfill this requirement you must include a vertical OR horizontal analysis OR ratio analysis on the balance sheet and the income statement of 2008.

Include the following 3 ratio analysis of (1) current ratio, (2) profit margin ratio, (3) total asset turnover for 2008 if you select to do the ratio analysis.

Total

/10

See a sample cover page/title page in the next page.

For the sample paper I downloaded below you MUST MIODIFY it to meet the correct APA format if the paper requires APA format.

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The Home Depot, Inc. Annual Report

Student Name

Course/Number

Date

Instructor Name

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The Home Depot, Inc. Annual Report

Your introductory paragraph.......

Assessment of the Financial Condition

Management’s assessment of the financial condition agrees (does not agree) with the

author's assessment from the Financial Statements Paper Part I.........

Trend analysis, vertical analysis, or ratio analysis

To support the above assessment the author uses the following analysis ........

Concerns from Management

Concerns from management are .......

Other Weakness Not Discussed by Management

Other weakness not discussed by Management are .......

Recommended Course of Action

Recommended course of action for Home Depot are .......

Conclusion

Your conclusion paragraph.........

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