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    Accounting For Business Decisions Assignment T1 2015

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    This group assignment accounts for 30% of the final mark of the HI5001 Accounting for Business Decisions course. Students will be assigned to groups of up to 4 members to complete a financial statement analysis of a publicly listed Australian company. The assignment has two parts: Part A involves analyzing financial statements such as the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement to examine trends over two years; Part B calculates financial ratios to assess the company's profitability, activity, liquidity, and financing. The report must be between 3,000-3,150 words and follow specific formatting guidelines. It is due on May 29th and must be submitted through SafeAssign, with the matching percentage allowed being 20% or less

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    This group assignment accounts for 30% of the final mark of the HI5001 Accounting for Business Decisions course. Students will be assigned to groups of up to 4 members to complete a financial statement analysis of a publicly listed Australian company. The assignment has two parts: Part A involves analyzing financial statements such as the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement to examine trends over two years; Part B calculates financial ratios to assess the company's profitability, activity, liquidity, and financing. The report must be between 3,000-3,150 words and follow specific formatting guidelines. It is due on May 29th and must be submitted through SafeAssign, with the matching percentage allowed being 20% or less

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    This group assignment accounts for 30% of the final mark of the HI5001 Accounting for Business Decisions course. Students will be assigned to groups of up to 4 members to complete a financial statement analysis of a publicly listed Australian company. The assignment has two parts: Part A involves analyzing financial statements such as the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement to examine trends over two years; Part B calculates financial ratios to assess the company's profitability, activity, liquidity, and financing. The report must be between 3,000-3,150 words and follow specific formatting guidelines. It is due on May 29th and must be submitted through SafeAssign, with the matching percentage allowed being 20% or less

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    Accounting For Business Decisions Assignment T1 2015

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    This group assignment accounts for 30% of the final mark of the HI5001 Accounting for Business Decisions course. Students will be assigned to groups of up to 4 members to complete a financial statement analysis of a publicly listed Australian company. The assignment has two parts: Part A involves analyzing financial statements such as the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement to examine trends over two years; Part B calculates financial ratios to assess the company's profitability, activity, liquidity, and financing. The report must be between 3,000-3,150 words and follow specific formatting guidelines. It is due on May 29th and must be submitted through SafeAssign, with the matching percentage allowed being 20% or less

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    HI5001 Accounting for Business Decisions (T1, 2015)

    Group Assignment (30% of Final Mark)


    The assignment aims to develop an understanding of financial statements structure and their use
    in decision-making. The task is to choose a publicly listed company from the Australian Stock
    Exchange (ASX) which should be approved by your lecturer as not to have the same
    companies from other groups and analyse the financial statements.
    The assignment has two parts namely Part A (46 marks) & B (54 marks). This group project in
    itself includes several assignments, each of which comprises a part of the students task.
    However, it is well encouraged to include any additional information that students may think will
    be useful in conducting financial statements analysis of the selected company.
    General Rules and Requirements:
    The report should be prepared by a group with a maximum of four (4) members. Reports must
    be confined to 3,000 words (+/- 5%). For Part A, a title page, table of contents page (based on
    your report headings), introduction, conclusion and references should be included. Font type
    should be Arial (size 11), paragraph spacing should be 1.5. For part B, read and follow the
    instructions mentioned.
    The Safeassign maximum matching percentage allowed is 20%. If the group exceeds the
    maximum, the assignment will get an automatic 50% deduction.
    Note: Any additional material from external sources that you copy and paste into your report is
    NOT included in the word limit. Also, ensure it is appropriately referenced.
    PART A:
    Part A1

    (6 marks)

    Provide an executive summary of your companys background relating to business structure,


    operations, services and all other business activities that are conducted, etc.
    Part A2

    (10 marks)

    Use the annual report for the year ending 2013 & 2014. Your group will need to review the
    major sections of this report in order to familiarize yourselves with the content of each of the
    financial statements and appropriate notes to the financial statements.
    Review the balance sheet of the company and indicate the amount of the following:
    a) Total current assets
    b) Total non-current assets
    c) Total current liabilities
    d) Total non-current liabilities
    e) Total stockholders equity
    Compare the above figures with the previous year and compute the percentage increase or
    decrease and comment on the comparative financial condition of the company.

    Part A3

    (10 marks)

    Review the income statement and indicate the following:


    a)
    b)
    c)
    d)
    e)

    Total (operating) revenues


    Cost of Goods Sold (if relevant)
    Total expenses (before income taxes)
    Any non-operating (or extraordinary) gains and losses
    Earnings per common share

    Compare the above figures with the previous year and compute the percentage increase or
    decrease and comment on the comparative financial operation of the company.
    Part A4

    (10 marks)

    Review the statement of cash flows for the most recent year and indicate the
    following:
    a)
    b)
    c)
    d)

    net cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities


    net cash inflow (outflow) from financing activities
    net cash inflow (outflow) from investing activities
    net increase (decrease) in cash during the year

    Analyse the Cash Flow Statements for the last 2 years and comment on the cash
    position of the company.
    Part A5

    (10 marks)

    Review the stockholders' equity section in your chosen company's most recent year-end
    balance sheet and compare that with the previous year-end balance sheet. Compare percentage
    increase or decrease.
    List the stockholders' equity account balances and number of outstanding shares
    from these two balance sheets and compute the increase or decrease for each
    during this past year.

    Part B Financial Ratios

    (54 marks)

    a) Using the same Financial Statements of the company your group has chosen, determine
    the profitability, activity, liquidity and leverage using all the ratios below. Use the end of
    the year financial statements. (14 marks)
    b) Give a 300 word analysis for each of the following:
    I.
    Profitability (10 marks)
    II.
    Activity (10 marks)
    III.
    Liquidity (10 marks)
    IV.
    Financing (10 marks)

    Ratio Calculations
    Ratio

    Numerator

    Denominator

    A. Profitability ratios
    a)
    b)
    c)
    d)
    e)

    Return on equity
    Return on assets
    Profit margin
    Cash flow to total assets
    Price-to-earnings ratio

    Operating profit after tax


    Operating profit after tax
    Operating profit after tax
    Cash provided by operations
    Market price per share

    Shareholders equity
    Total assets
    Sales/Revenue
    Total assets
    Earnings per share

    B. Activity (turnover) ratios


    a) Total assets turnover
    b) Debtors turnover
    c) Days in debtors

    Sales
    Credit sales
    365

    Total assets
    Average trade debtors
    Debtors turnover ratio

    C. Liquidity ratios
    a) Current (working capital) ratio Current assets
    b) Quick ratio
    Cash + Accounts receivable +
    Short-term investments
    c) Interest coverage ratio
    Earnings before interest & tax

    Current liabilities
    Current liabilities
    Net interest expense

    D. Financing ratios
    a) Debt-to-equity ratio
    b) Debt-to-assets ratio
    c) Leverage ratio

    Total liabilities
    Total liabilities
    Total assets

    Total shareholders equity


    Total assets
    Total shareholders equity

    Due Date:
    Friday 29th May, 2015. Dont forget to upload the softcopy to the Safeassign
    both self-check and final submission, one per group. In the safeassign, please
    identify the assignment by the student number. Do not upload more than one
    copy. Attach the first page of the final safeassign report to the assignment
    after the official cover page. The Lecturer will give the instructions where the
    hard-copy should be submitted.

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