Competitor Analysis Excel Project

Excel Project: Competitor Analysis Assignment Instructions
Overview
Competitor #1 Income Statement (Tab 5), Competitor #1 Balance Sheet (Tab 6), Competitor #1 Cash Flows (Tab 7), Competitor #2 Income Statement (Tab 8), Competitor #2 Balance Sheet (Tab 9), Competitor #2 Cash Flows (Tab 10), Historical and Competitor Ratios (Tab 11)
Instructions

• Continue in the same Excel workbook prepared in Module 2: Week 2, adding the following tabs:
  • The 5^th tab and 8^th tabs in your Financial Statement Analysis Template must be labeled (Competitor Company Name) Income Statements. (Replace “Competitor Company Name” with the name of the competitor.)
    • Include the latest three years of income statements for your competitor based on SEC filings.
    • Ensure that the worksheet includes a header with:
      • Company Name
      • Financial Statement Name (Income Statements)
      • Financial Statement Dates
      • Denomination level ($s in millions or thousands, etc.)
    • The 6^th and 9^th tabs in your Financial Statement Analysis Template must be labeled (Competitor Company Name) Balance Sheets. (Replace “Competitor Company Name” with the name of the competitor.)
      • Include the latest three years of balance sheets for your first competitor based on SEC (10-K) filings. (Note: Some 10-Ks only provided 2 years of balance sheet data.  You may need to download the second most recent 10-K for your company in order to obtain 3 years of balance sheet data.)
      • Ensure that the worksheet includes a header with:
        • Company Name
        • Financial Statement Name
        • Financial Statement Dates
        • Denomination level ($s in millions or thousands, etc.)
      • The 7^th and 10^th tabs in your Financial Statement Analysis Template must be labeled (Competitor Company Name) Cash Flows. (Replace “Competitor Company Name” with the name of the competitor.)
        • Include the latest three years based on SEC (10-K) filings.
        • Make sure that the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flows Statement tie in as follows:
          • Net Income from Income statement agrees with Net Income on the Statement of Cash Flows
          • Ending Cash Balance from Statement of Cash Flows agrees with Cash in the Balance Sheet
        • The 11^th tab in your Financial Statement Analysis Template must be labeled Historical and Competitor Ratios
          • The list of ratios to be included are as follows. They should be grouped under the headings, as shown:
            • Liquidity Ratios
              • Current Ratio
              • Quick Ratio
            • Leverage Ratios
              • Debt to Total Assets Ratio
              • Debt Equity Ratio
              • Long-Term Debt to Equity
              • Times Interest Earned Ratio
            • Activity Ratios
              • Inventory Turnover
              • Fixed Assets Turnover
              • Total Assets Turnover
              • Accounts Receivable Turnover
              • Average Collection Period
            • Profitability Ratios
              • Gross Profit Margin
              • Operating Profit Margin
              • Net Profit Margin
              • Return on Total Assets (ROA)
              • Return on Stockholders’ Equity (ROE)
              • Earnings Per Share (EPS)
              • Price Earnings Ratio
            • Calculate the ratios for your chosen company for the last three years, linking the ratio calculations back to the historical financial statement tabs (Tabs 2-4) using formulas.
            • Calculate the ratios for each of your company’s competitors (most recent year only), linking the ratio calculations to the competitor financial statements shown in Tabs 5-10 using formulas.
            • Using the internet, locate the industry averages for the ratios listed above, and include them in the final column of the ratio tab. Include a footnote on the tab to identify the source of the industry averages.
          • Other instructions:
            • The Excel workbook should be professionally formatted. Professional formatting includes:
              • All numbers are formatted similarly. The use of decimals, commas for thousands, and other formatting is consistent.
              • Dollar signs are included in the first and last numbers of each column.
              • Subtotals and totals are preceded by a single underline. Totals are followed by a double underline.
              • Line descriptions are indented/bolded in a manner that makes the spreadsheet easy to read.
            • All totals and subtotals in the competitor financial statements as well as the ratio calculations should be calculated using formulas.

 
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
 
Exhibit A: Example Historical and Competitor Ratios (Tab 11)