Financial Statement Analysis

MAJAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

STUDENT ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET

Module Name and Level	Financial Statement Analysis (Level 3)
Module Code	FC 40-3
Assessment No.	II (Two)
Assessment Type & weighting:	Individual Assignment (60 %)

Financial Statement Analysis (FC 40-3)

Individual Assignment

60 % weighting 

You are required to select any two companies of your choice from the same industry, (either two Local or two International) and critically evaluate a set of published accounts of these companies for a period of four years. You are then required to submit a detailed report of the analysis at the end of week 15.

You must notify and obtain approval for your selected companies from your lecturer within ONE WEEK of the issue of this assignment.

The report should cover the following points:

●      A brief profile of the companies chosen for the study.

●  A discussion on trend and common size statements comparing and contrasting the financial performance of the chosen companies.

●Critical analysis of the statement of cash flows of the chosen companies.

●    Critical analysis of the overall financial performance of the company using additional techniques such as, Z score analysis, Off balance sheet analysis and SWOT analysis.

Note: All your calculations to support your arguments should be shown in a separate excel file.

The paper will be graded taking into account the following points.

Sr No	Area / Topic	Percentage.
1	Grasp of concepts Understanding of relevant concepts.	25 %
2	Argument/Analysis :  Development of Argument / Analysis , Detailed discussion on the tasks involved,  Critical awareness / interpretation Application of relevant accounting tools and techniques& conclusions.	40%
4	Structure Logical flow, Cohesion, Completion and focus of task/s	15%
5	Language	5%
6	Information, Research & Referencing: Variety of sources used, relevance of sources used	15 %

INSTRUCTIONS

Your work will be graded on the following aspects:      

1.    This is an individual Assignment

2.  The assignment MUST be submitted on-line (through MOVE) on or before the due date.

3. Your assignment shall reflect the depth and breadth of your original analyses in a clear and coherent manner.

4. Any reference to authors and other writers shall be quoted with due acknowledgement in your assignment report using the Harvard Referencing System. For details of Harvard referencing style refer the student’s hand book page 46-47 section7.2.

5. This is an individual assignment and carries a 60 % weighting of the module grade.

6. This assignment follows a report format and must be original and creative. An analytical piece of work is required. The use of ‘cut and paste’ approach will be penalized. It must be presented in a structured manner, with appropriate cover page, content page, introduction, body (with appropriate heading / sub-headings), conclusion, references, page numbered and any required appendices.

7.    Your report should be word processed and professionally presented. The length of your report should be of 2000 words (+/- 10%), presented in text of font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. Please state the exact word count at the end of the assignment.

8. The cover page should be attached with the assignment and uploaded through MOVE (on-line. Name of the student, The Programme, Module Title, Assignment Title and number of words must be reflected on the cover sheet.

9. All assignments must be adhered strictly to the deadlines specified by Majan College. Failure to hand in the assignment for any reason and without prior approval and a valid written extension from the module tutor will not be marked and will be awarded a grade G (0) irrespective of the quality of the work. See students handbook page 19-20  section 4.7

10. Unacknowledged use of work of others (plagiarism) is regarded as a dishonest practice and will be will be penalized. See the penalties in the student’s handbook page 35-36 section 5.8

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