Draft your financial analysis report of your selected company, including the following six sections:

• Executive summary

• Company/industry description

• Findings

• Assumptions

• Crucial factors

• Conclusion

• The draft report will be graded based on completeness, accuracy, quality of critical thinking, and analysis. The report length should approximate 10-15 pages, including the selected firm’s financial statements.

• Research and include in your analysis any current events that might affect your analysis.

• Prepare your report using APA formatting and include references.

A financial analysis of PepsiCo will likely reveal that it is not as financially successful or stable as its competitor Coca-Cola, but it will also reveal that the company has been quite successful considering the very competitive industry in which it operates. A brief overview of the company’s 2011 10-K SEC filing indicates that the company has a 14.3% return on its invested capital showing that the company summary is potential for investors (EDGAR, 2011, Par. 3). Three tools which...