Company: Amazon
Week-1 Assignment 5: Final Project Part I
Research and identify a publicly-traded company that is a leader in its industry. Using the six stage research process, explain how you decided on that company.
Review and critique at least 10 of the company’s financial ratios over the past five years and compare these to the relevant industry averages.
Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document.
Submit the financial ratio analysis in a Microsoft Excel sheet.
Week-2 Assignment 4: Final Project Part II
Based on the company that you selected in Week 1, create a 10-question scale including, but not limited to, the following areas:
Company’s goods/services compared to its competitors
Financial performance relative to its competitors
Geographical location
Chief executive officer’s (CEO’s) tenure
Number of employees
Industry
Complete the survey assuming the role of an outside company analyst. Justify why you asked the questions that you did and why you answered the survey as you did.
Submit your answers in a four- to five-page Microsoft Word document.
Week-3 Assignment 4: Final Project Part III
Based on the company that you selected in Week 1, compute the company’s daily stock returns over the past year.
The null hypothesis is that the stock’s daily return over the past year is equal to 0 percent. The alternative hypothesis is that the stock’s daily return over the past year is not equal to 0 percent.
Make a decision on whether or not the stock’s daily return over the past year is equal to 0 percent and report your findings.
Explain the steps you conducted in completing this assignment.
Submit all your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and the computations for the hypothesis test in a Microsoft Excel sheet.
Week-4 Assignment 4: Final Project Part IV
Based on the company you selected in Week 1, conduct a linear regression to compute the stock’s beta over the past year, relative to the S&P 500 Index.
Explain the steps you conducted in completing this assignment.
Is beta an accurate measure of risk? Why or why not?
Is the Fama-French model a better model in explaining securities’ returns? Why or why not?
Submit your answers in a three- to five-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.
Week-5 Assignment 4: Final Project Part V
Based on the company that you selected in Week 1, forecast the company’s sales, earnings, and cash flows each year for the next five years.
Justify your results and explain which models you used to make the forecasts.
Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.
Week-6 Assignment 3: Final Project Part VI
Final Project Wrap-Up and Submission
By the end of this week, you should assemble all the documents you have created for the course and compile them into a portfolio. Add a cover page and a one-page summary of all the write-ups you have done on the project over the six weeks.
Compile the final projects from Weeks 1 to 6 in a Microsoft Word document
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