Stock Market Assignment
Accounting

Student Name:    Company Name:

Go to http://finance.yahoo.com.  Type in the ticker for the company from your portfolio that you will be analyzing and then click GET QOUTES to retrieve the company’s information.  There are a variety of financial links on the left.  Scroll down to the FINANCIALS section.  You will be using the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow links to review the financial reports for the company selected.

Analyzing the Balance Sheet.  Write the totals for each element of the balance sheet below.  Then manually check the accounting equation by adding owner’s equity and liabilities.

Liabilities    $Owner’s Equity    $¬____________________
Assets    $

Reviewing the Income Statement.  List the appropriate totals for each category for the three years included on the income statement.

200_    200_    200_
Revenue
$    $    $
Operating Income
$    $    $
Total Operating Expenses    $    $    $

Are there any positive or negative trends?  How might these trends impact the growth of the
company and the stock price?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Audit the Cash Flow Statement.  Review the net income amount from the income statement and correspond it to the cash flow statement.  Do the numbers match?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Identify at least one trend or figure from the financial statements that supports a decision to
hold or sell this stock.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

PLACE THIS ORDER OR A SIMILAR ORDER WITH US TODAY AND GET AN AMAZING DISCOUNT 🙂

Share on Facebook

Tweet

Follow us