Category: Financial Management

Please assist with Part 1 (ONLY) of the attached. No artificial intelligence (“AI”) can be utilized. Once completed and reviewed. Further request “may” be sought towards assisting with Part 2. All MS-Excel formulas and calculations must be left available for review. Write-ups need to be “substantive” versus lengthy. No definitions of terms, concepts, or theories required.

Please complete a SWOT analysis – explain two factors in each area – for Eastern Michigan University the business entity. Once complete provide two overall business conclusions from the SWOT analysis. Please be specific.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

Instructions:
o Pick a public company listed on NYSE or NASDAQ. The stock should have a closing price
above $20 from the past year.
▪ The company should be a product-based company.
▪ NO bank or other financial institutions.
▪ Use the S&P NetAdvantage database from the library.
• Data collection procedure
o apps.barry.edu –> Log-in with your student credentials –> Library –>
Database by titles –> S&P Global NetAdvantage –>
o Input the symbol of your company –> go –> to the company page.
o See the attached data collection guide.
o On the company page in NetAdvange
▪ download and study the Tear sheet
▪ study the recent investment research
▪ study the recent equity research
• Write
o Descriiption of the company and industry background
o A brief analysis of Strength / Weakness / Opportunities / Threats.
▪ besides NetAdvantage, you can use other sources for study.
o Organize and review the financial ratio in the following categories. For each category,
pick 2~3 ratios and describe how the ratios have changed over the last couple of years.
Explain why there were such changes.
▪ From key stats
• Key financials
• Current capitalization
• Valuation multiples based on current capitalization.
▪ From ratios
• Profitability
• Turnover (management efficiency)
• Short-term liquidity
• Long-term Solvency
• Growth
• Include any statistics you find interesting.
o Review at least one major financial decision in each of the three areas of investment,
financing (debt and equity financing, dividend, etc.), and operation (working capital
management) by the company. It is important to support your analysis with detailed
financial data and analysis.
▪ Based on the above ratio analysis, explain
• Why are the decisions above necessary to improve financial
performance?
o For example, introducing a new product to raise the profit
margin and profit.
o For example, a new CEO implemented a cost-cutting decision,
which increases the net profit margin and improves the financial
profile.
• Or how do the changes in financial ratios reflect the effectiveness of the
previous financial decision?
o For example, a new marketing strategy improved sales and
increases asset turnover ratios.
• Support your discussion with a detailed financial analysis.
o Tables and charts will help.
o Comment on the investment value of the stock. In particular, shall we invest in the stock?
For submission,
1. Organize your data and analysis into a research paper. To help the reader, you need to include the
data table in your analysis.
a. Use tables and charts in the paper.
b. Don’t send data in a separate file.
2. The paper should include
a. company background and industry analysis.
b. ratio analysis of the above different categories.
c. discussion of company financial decisions.
d. comment on the investment value
3. The written paper is to be typed double–spaced, 1’ margins, Times New Roman and 12-point font,
with correct spelling and grammar, proper citation, references, with a cover page and organized
with headings.
4. There are no strict rules on the length. Usually, the paper will cover 5-10 pages.

At the end of units 3 and 4 you need to reflect on the topics you have studied and how you will be able to apply them to your personal and/or professional life. You can also post reflections into the journal from the various lecturecast activities throughout the module. Write a short (approx 300-500 words) Journal Entry to explain:
 The key things you learned during the last two weeks
 How can they relate to the workplace?
 How they can aid your personal and professional development?
 Remember to be specific and give examples (I work as head of finance department in the government please give some examples)
Uint 3 On completion of this unit you will be able to:
 Understand the concepts of unit contribution and contribution sales ratio.
 Use unit contribution and contribution sales ratios to calculate break even points, margins of safety and calculate target profits.
 Understand and apply different approaches to pricing.
 Understand the limitations of using cost volume profit analysis in short term decision-making.
Unit 4 On completion of this unit you will be able to:
 Understand and evaluate different approaches to budgeting.
 Understand the role of individual functional budgets and their inter-relationship to form the master budget.
 Understand and evaluate the behavioural aspects of budgeting.
 Understand the role of standard costing as a tool to monitor performance and establish management control.

Instructions
CASH FLOWS AT EAST COAST YACHTS
Because of the dramatic growth at East Coast Yachts, Larissa decided that the company should be reorganized as a corporation. Time has passed and, today, the company is publicly traded under the ticker symbol “ECY”.
Dan Ervin was recently hired by East Coast Yachts to assist the company with its short-term financial planning and also to evaluate the company’s financial performance. Dan graduated from college five years ago with a finance degree, and he has been employed in the treasury department of a Fortune 500 company since then.
EAST COAST YACHTS
2017 Income Statement
Sales $611,582,000
Cost of goods sold 431,006,000
Selling, general, and administrative 73,085,700
Depreciation 19,958,400
EBIT $ 87,531,900
Interest expense 11,000,900
EBT $ 76,531,000
Taxes 30,612,400
Net income $ 45,918,600
Dividends 17,374,500
Retained earnings $ 28,544,100
The company’s past growth has been somewhat hectic, in part due to poor planning. In anticipation of future growth, Larissa has asked Dan to analyze the company’s cash flows. The company’s financial statements are prepared by an outside auditor. Nearby you will find the most recent income statement and the balance sheets for the past two years.
Larissa has also provided the following information. During the year, the company raised $40 million in new long-term debt and retired $22.6 million in long-term debt. The company also sold $24.2 million in new stock and repurchased $35.64 million. The company purchased $59.5 million in fixed assets, and sold $6,718,200 in fixed assets.
Larissa has asked Dan to prepare the financial statement of cash flows and the accounting statement of cash flows. She has also asked you to answer the following questions:
1. How would you describe East Coast Yachts’ cash flows?
2. Which cash flows statement more accurately describes the cash flows at the company?
3. In light of your previous answers, comment on Larissa’s expansion plans.
1 Bondholders are investors in the firm’s debt. They are creditors of the firm. In this discussion, the term bondholder means the same thing as creditor.
2 Confusion often arises because many financial accounting terms have the same meaning. This presents a problem with jargon for the reader of financial statements. For example, the following terms usually refer to the same thing: assets minus liabilities, net worth, stockholders’ equity, owners’ equity, book equity, and equity capitalization.
3 Generally, GAAP requires assets to be carried at the lower of cost or market value. In most instances, cost is lower than market value. However, in some cases when a fair market value can be readily determined, the assets have their value adjusted to the fair market value.
4 One situation in which taxable income may be lower than accounting income is when the firm uses accelerated depreciation expense procedures for the IRS but uses straight-line procedures allowed by GAAP for reporting purposes.
5 A firm’s current liabilities sometimes include short-term interest-bearing debt usually referred to as notes payable. However, financial analysts often distinguish between interest-bearing short-term debt and non-interest-bearing short-term debt (such as accounts payable). When this distinction is made, only non-interest-bearing short-term debt is usually included in the calculation of net working capital. This version of net working capital is called “operating” net working capital. The interest-bearing short-term debt is not forgotten but instead is included in cash flow from financing activities, and the interest is considered a return on capital.
6 New debt and the retirement of old debt are usually found in the “notes” to the balance sheet

– initial posting should respond to the question and be at least 200 words long.
please discuss the below:
CVP makes so many simplifications and assumptions about cost behaviour to the point that the technique cannot work in real situations.

The summary annual report is a scaled down version of a full annual report. You will simply not have enough detail to complete the typical nine sections. For example, you are not responsible for the Auditor’s Report. Naturally, you are encouraged to review real world annual reports which can be used as a strawman in preparation. Your recently completed Annual Operating Review in Week 5 should be aligned with your Annual Report.
Preparing your HISCO summary annual report will be one of the most comprehensive assignments you will have completed during your MBA. You will gain an appreciation for the complexity and responsibility the senior executives continually face. Hopefully, you have experienced the holistic and competitive environment from the simulation. Your recently completed Annual Operating Review will provide the basics.
The information, qualitative and quantitative, in an annual report should provide current and prospective investors (as well as any stakeholder) a complete insight into the company’s historic performance and its plans for growth and improvement over the next few years as defined by its strategy. Publicly traded companies are required by law to prepare and submit to many constituencies a variety of filings. The most well-known is the Annual Report to Shareholders and related Form 10-K. An annual report is technically an unofficial document. The Form 10-K will typically provide the most comprehensive summary of the company’s history, financials, risks and opportunities, and current operations. The Form 10-K is submitted annually to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Technically, HISCO is a private company (you may have sold equity to the venture capitalist) and only if it had publicly trades debt would be required to file a Form 10K.
As a future leader of a public or private company, you will learn the integrative nature of any business while you complete the HISCO summary annual report. This document can become an important part of your e-portfolio in the program. Your owner, Stanley Sloane, looks forward to reading your HISCO summary annual report. While details may vary state by state, even if your career leads to growing a small private business, you will need to file an annual report with The Secretary of State in your jurisdiction, another benefit to learning from our final activity.
The following identifies specifics instructions for preparation of each required section. The required sections to be completed will be found the word document from the model. Please remember to periodically save your work. An online search will reveal innumerable sites devoted to annual reports.
The HISCO Summary Annual Report
Must be completed using the template provided through the Growing Your Business simulation.
For technical help with the simulation, please email HelpDesk@tri-sim.com Follow the Summary Annual Report Template Download Summary Annual Report Template as a guide to formatting your work. Standard APA formatting will not apply to this assignment.
Must include the following:
Cover Page
You can design your own cover page. Should be reflective of your corporate image and may include a picture and/or logo. At a minimum, it will include the name, [simulation year] HISCO Summary Annual Report, as well as your name and date. The cover page can only be 1 page.
CEO Letter
The CEO Letter is designed to share the Strategy, Financial Highlight Summary, and Business Overview of the past year. Evaluate quantitative and qualitative techniques for business analysis and decision-making. It will typically also include the future growth outlook for the business (detailed in the Sales, Marketing and Industry pages below). The CEO Letter can be a maximum of 3 pages. The “Stan Sloane Letter”
HISCO’s owner, Stan Sloane, is very happy that he decided to hire you to help turn the company around. He is interested in having you stay on with the company. However, he will need assurance from you that you are committed to continuing to grow HISCO. Explain to Stan how you plan on running the company over the next two years. You should discuss the majority of the items you developed when you first came on with the company, including: whether you would make any changes to the SWOT analysis, whether you would change the company strategy, negotiations you would make with company stakeholders, future technology suggestions, growth expectations in general for the industry and specifically for HISCO over the next two years, any concerns that occurred in the past year that you would address, and any other information you believe would be relevant in order to reassure Stan that he has placed the company in the right hands. You will add this letter at the end of the standard Annual Report. This letter is not part of a traditional Annual Report. The “Stan Sloane Letter” can be 3-4 pages.
Sales, Marketing, & Industry
This section should detail all aspects of HISCO’s Value Chain, from supplier to manufacturing to the customer. Products, NPIs, Pricing, in an industry perspective of competition should be elaborated on. Utilize tools from marketing to manage the profitability of overall business operations. A review of your SWOT would probably help as well as your recently completed Annual Operating Review. An essential element is for current and prospective investors to understand how HISCO makes money and will be able to create growth and deal with risks. The Sales, Marketing & Industry section can be a maximum of 5 pages.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are the heart and soul of the annual report. This is a quantitative section that provides current and prospective investors a look into HISCOs financial performance. The financial statements consist of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow. We suggest you show a minimum of 4 Qtrs. for each of the past two years for the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow. Utilize tools from finance management to manage the profitability of overall business operations. Consider expanding the lines within each statement in the model. You will need to provide details on the Credit Line. The Financial Statements section can be a maximum of 6 pages.
Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)
The Management Discussion and Analysis section provides the real detail on year to year performance. In your case, this will be simulation year vs. prior simulation year. Topics will be both qualitative and quantitative in all aspects of simulation year relative to prior simulation year. MD&A will certainly include a complete variance analysis of performance and the successes and failures of your decisions for the year. It is the time you will delve into the details of your operating decisions. The MD&A section is typically devoted to the past (your future was described in prior sections). Reference to the Financial Statements is crucial as well as your recently completed Annual Operating Review. Graphics from your Business Intelligence Dashboard and your Variance walks on Income and Cash can provide visual insight into your performance. The Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) can be a maximum of 6 pages.
Notes, Appendices, and References
Any supporting documents, comments, information, a glossary of terminology, and/or clarifications you deem relevant to your annual report to assist current and prospective investors. The Notes, Appendices, and References are required and can be a minimum of 1 page and a maximum of 2 pages. References can be in a bulleted or numbered format.

Overview
In this activity, you will complete calculations and research that will help you understand how to evaluate the return and risk on investments.
Instructions
Answer these questions in a 1 to 2-page paper.
You have just won the Strayer Lottery jackpot of $11,000,000. You will be paid in twenty-six equal annual installments beginning immediately. If you had the money now, you could invest it in an account with a quoted annual interest rate of 9% with monthly compounding of interest.
Calculate the present value of the payments you will receive. Show your calculations using formulas in your paper or in an attached spreadsheet file.
Explain why there is a difference between the present value of the Strayer lottery jackpot and the future value of the twenty-six annual payments based on your calculations and the information provided.
Discuss the risk and return indicated by different bond ratings. Support your answer with references to your research.
Use various bond websites to locate one of each of the following bond ratings: AAA, BBB, CCC, and D. Research the differences between the bond ratings, the required interest rates, and the risk. List the websites used as sources for this research.
Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each rating.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Read the following article about Tesla. Answer the following prompt with a one page paper. here are the paper links to go based off 1) https://www.statista.com/aboutus/our-research-commitment
2) https://www.statista.com/topics/2086/tesla/#topicOverview
3) https://www.statista.com/statistics/272120/revenue-of-tesla/
4) https://www.statista.com/statistics/960121/sales-of-all-electric-vehicles-worldwide-by-model/
5) https://www.statista.com/topics/1893/toyota/#topicOverview
please refere to these articles to write the essay
With the current push to change from gas run vehicles to electric vehicles, along with the threat of new entrants into the electric vehicle market, what strategy would you recommend to Tesla to stay competitive in the electric vehicle market?
Most valuable automotive brands worldwide by brand value 2022
Published by Statista Research DepartmentLinks to an external site., Jun 16, 2022
The Tesla marque was ranked as the world’s most valuable car brand in 2022, with a brand value of roughly 75.9 billion U.S. dollars. Toyota, 2020’s leader, is now the runner-up, followed by Mercedes-Benz.
Tesla stays in the lead
TeslaLinks to an external site. had been steadily climbing up the world’s most valuable car brands ranking, reaching the top in 2021. Tesla, Inc., founded in 2003 as Tesla Motors, is a North American electric vehicle and clean energy automaker based in Palo Alto, California. Its revenueLinks to an external site. in the 2021 fiscal year reached over 53.8 billion U.S. dollars, and the Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling plug-in electric vehicle model worldwideLinks to an external site. in that same year.
Other valuable car brands worldwide
Toyota, the runner-up, is a subdivision of the Toyota Motor CompanyLinks to an external site., founded in the late 1930s. The Japanese manufacturer is one of the largest companies in the global automotive industry and is active in various segments, including SUVs and crossovers, trucks, and motorcycles. Automotive brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz also made the list of the most valuable car brands worldwide. Germany’s Mercedes-Benz assembles luxury and crossover automobiles, buses, and trucks.
The paper should be APA formatted and include at least one cited reference. The following grading rubric will be used.

This is my last class to graduate, it’s two parts. The first part is a 3 part proposal Case Study to add a specialized nurse triage center with many organizational and financial analyses including an Excel sheet which is the second part and I have attached both (the empty one sent by Dr and the one done by me and has been approved by my Dr ) I also attached the rubric the goal is to exceed expectation or meet them please she is very picky. Please use APA format with reference and peer review as it is very important. This Walden University FMOO7 Analyze Financial Data class
Part I Analyze Organizational Financial Data
For this part of the Final Assessment, you will conduct a 5-year analysis of Jiranna Healthcare’s outpatient operational and financial data in order to determine whether or not the capital project is an attractive project. Refer to “Jiranna Finances” for financial statements to analyze.
Prepare a 2- to 3-page financial analysis including a supporting Excel spreadsheet to show your work. The focus must be on the content and the depth of your analysis. Unless otherwise indicated, a 5-year trend analysis is expected.
Complete your analysis as follows:
Calculate the 5-year net sales, operating expenses, operating income, and net income of Jiranna Healthcare. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and explain the significance of the trend results.
Calculate the 5-year total profit margin, asset turnover, return on assets, and return on net worth. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and determine the company’s profitability.
Calculate the 5-year current ratio, day’s cash on hand, and working capital. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and assess the company’s liquidity.
Calculate the 5-year debt ratio and times interest earned ratio. Once the calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and explain the company’s long-term solvency.
Complete a DuPont analysis for each of the five most recent years. Once calculations are complete, interpret the resulting data and determine the company’s individual DuPont characteristics (e.g., total margin, total asset turnover & equity multiplier) and trends across the analysis period.
Ultimately a decision has to be made. Would you recommend the capital project to Jiranna Healthcare? Explain the rationale for your decision.
PartII Conduct an operating indicator evaluationFor the next part of the Final Assessment, you are expected to complete a number of calculations, and then interpret the numbers to provide recommendations based on these analyses. It is essential both to show your work and calculation using current technology like Excel Workbook, and to demonstrate how these calculations support your conclusions. Be sure to explain your reasoning. You will be assessed on the accuracy of your quantitative analyses and the quality of the evidence you use to support your conclusions.
Imagine that you are an administrator at Jiranna Healthcare who has been asked to analyze cash-flow data to determine the costs and benefits of implementing a new capital project. For background, read “Capital Project Case Study.” Then, complete the “Capital Project Case Study Spreadsheet”, which provides cash-flow data (costs and benefits) for the proposal. Download and save the Excel spreadsheet in your working Excel Workbook, and use the information provided to complete the following:
Calculate the cash inflows and outflows for each year.
Evaluate the capital project by calculating the following metrics:
Net present value (NPV)
Internal rate of return (IRR)
Modified internal rate of return (MIRR)
Payback period
Discounted payback period
In a 1- to 2-page report including a supporting Excel spreadsheet to show your work, provide your recommendation with rationale, as to whether the project is acceptable, assuming Jiranna Healthcare has a corporate policy of not accepting projects that take more than 3.5 years to pay for themselves, and assuming an 11% cost of capital.
Part III Conducting budgeting and evaluation
You are an administrator at Jiranna Healthcare. You have been asked to conduct a budget variance analysis: analyzing performance by comparing budgeted workload, revenue, and expenses for a range of different service lines, with actual workload, revenue, and expenses for those service lines.
Open the document “Variance Analysis Case Study,” where you will find data on the expenses, revenue, and outpatient product lines at Jiranna Healthcare.
Analyze the data and prepare a 3- to 4-page report including a supporting Excel spreadsheet to show your work. In your report, address each of the five following questions. In each case, show the calculations that you conducted to answer the question. Then, explain your conclusion and how your calculations support your reasoning.
What was Jiranna’s original profit forecast (assume away any issues with depreciation, taxes, etc.)? Halfway through the fiscal year, what is the hospital’s revised projection for FY21 profits?
Which outpatient service lines are over budget? Which outpatient service lines are over budget after accounting for workload increases?
What two actions would you recommend be taken at the mid-year point if you oversaw a fee-for-service healthcare organization? In other words, where are the problem areas on which you would focus your attention, and who might provide ideas for “best practices” based on their performance?
What two actions would you recommend be taken at the mid-year point if you oversaw a capitated healthcare organization? In this case, the revenue spreadsheet would be replaced with an overall budget of $50 million with which to operate (rather than being able to bill for each episode of patient care). Federal, state, county, and city healthcare organization normally operate under a capped budget. Additionally, many HMOs also operate under a fixed per member, per month (PMPM) capitated process.