ACC 501 Module 2 SLP

Analyzing a company of your choice and making comparisons.

The Session Long Project provides an opportunity to apply ideas and concepts for each module to a real world situations. The assignment has two parts.

Part I

Your specific assignment for this week is to select an organization for your project. You must choose a publicly held company. Indicate the name of the company, a link to the homepage of the company and links to at least two other sources of financial information. Also, comment on your interest in the company and how you expect to benefit from the analysis.

Part II

Assess the financial position of your company and compare it to one of its competitors. The emphasis is on cash flow for this analysis.

1.Compute the return on assets, profit margin and asset utilization rate for your company and its competitor.

2.Assess your companys competitive financial position.

3.Compute the free cash flow for your company and its competitor.

4.Assess your companys relative cash position and comment on its receipt and use of cash during the year.

Modular SLP Expectations

Always include the name of the organization(s), time period covered and source of information. It is important to answer the questions as posed. The document should be from 2 to 4 pages and written in a clear and concise manner. Don't forget to include tables as required. Support your discussion or tables with references in APA format. You are encouraged to use Excel or other compatible spreadsheet when computations are involved. You can turn in the spreadsheet instead of the Word document. The content should be equivalent to the page length suggested for a word processing document