This document outlines the requirements for a final paper for a BUS 650 course. The paper must identify the main issues in a chosen area and analyze how learning occurred. It must also discuss how class activities helped facilitate understanding. The emphasis should be on applying new learning. The final project involves analyzing a company using its annual report data. The analysis will assess the company's strengths, weaknesses, and make a recommendation to purchase its stock. The report must include an introduction to the company, financial statement review, ratio analysis, return on equity calculation, economic value added assessment, financial policy review, and findings/recommendations. It should be 15-20 pages long following APA style guidelines and include at least five additional sources to support recommendations.

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This file of BUS 650 Final includes:
The paper must identify the main issues in the chosen area,
new learning that has occurred, class activities or incidents
that facilitated learning and understanding, and specific
current and/or future applications and relevance to the
workplace. The emphasis of the paper should be on
application of new learning.
Business - General Business
Focus of the Final Paper
Evaluation of Corporate Performance
The Final Project will involve applying the concepts learned in
class to an analysis of a company using data from its annual
report. Using the concepts from this course, you will analyze
the strengths and weaknesses of the company and write a
report either recommending or not recommending purchase
of the company stock.
The completed report should include:
An introduction to the company, including background
information.
A complete and thorough financial statement review.
Pro Forma financial statements (Balance Sheet and Income
Statement) for the next two fiscal years, assuming a 10%
growth rate in sales and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for each
of the next two years.
Complete ratio analysis for the last fiscal year using at least

2. two ratios from each of the following categories:
a. Liquidity
b. Financial leverage
c. Asset management
d. Profitability
e. Market value
Calculate Return on Equity (ROE) using the DuPont system.
Assess management performance by calculating Economic
Value Added (EVA).
Review of the soundness of the company’s financial policies
(e.g. capital structure, debt, leverage, dividend policy, etc.)
based on the material covered during class.
A synopsis of your findings, including your recommendations
and rationale for whether or not to purchase stock from this
company.
This report should be 15 – 20 pages long excluding title page
and reference page(s) using APA 6th edition formatting
guidelines. Support your findings and recommendations with
evidence from at least five scholarly sources in addition to
the annual report; such as the textbook, industry reports, and
articles from the Ashford library. Be sure to include links to
websites that were used as references or to access company
information.
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