Acting as a Financial Analyst working for an Investment Bank, You are Required to Write a Financial Report: Fashion Business Assignment, NTU,, Singapore

Objective

As a Financial Analyst working for an investment bank, write a financial report on a listed fashion company/group (on the stock market – has shares) Analyzing up to 2 years of its financial report.

Learning Outcomes

LO1 Apply financial theories, techniques, and investment analysis, for decision making in the fashion business.

L04 Implement various control systems techniques to measure the overall performance of the organization.

L05 Evaluate the financial and economic performances of an organization.

Assignment Guidance:

Acting as a Financial Analyst working for an Investment Bank, you are required to write an individual 2000-word financial report on a chosen listed fashion company / Group (on the stock market — has shares).

• The Introduction should include a brief summary of the financial position and health of the company for the last year.
• You need to calculate the following financial ratios on your chosen company: Profitability, Gearing, Liquidity, and Investment Ratios. This should be based on the last two Annual Financial Statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow).
• In the context of your financial analysis, you should also highlight any weaknesses or strengths emerging, and impacting the company overall performance. Hence For each section of ratios, you are required to:
  1. Comment on the changes in the ratios from one year to another and whether this has a positive or a negative impact on the company.
  2. What sort of factors affected those numbers (macroeconomic factors, company-related decisions, leadership changes…etc.

• You need to provide a “Stock Advice” to investors on whether they should “Buy”, “Sell”, “Hold”, or “Neutral”. This section should also include a list of the risks facing the business. You are encouraged to give your opinion on the likely future general financial conditions of the company in the context of the results of the ratios.
• Finally, you are required to present a list of realistic recommendations to improve the company’s financial performance, considering the results of your ratios and any company / economic variables.
• The Appendices (not included in the word count) should include the following: The Financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow of the chosen company) extracted from the company’s annual report and downloaded from its website. You are required to show the working/calculations of your ratios (Formula + answer)