Part -1:
IBM Corporation
Refer to the IBM Case. Use the financial statement to:
- Decompose IBM's ROE and discuss the factors (and trends) that contribute to Big Blue's profitability
- Evaluate IBM's revenue growth, receivables, and gross margins over the period (be sure to control for seasonality in your evaluation)
- Evaluate IBM's earnings per Share (basic), and identify the factors most responsible for the increase in IBM's earnings
Write your analysis on a Word document.
Part -2:
Identify The Industries
For this discussion, read "Identify The Industries. After reading the document, complete the matching exercise and note why you made your decisions. Then post your answers to the discussion board for comment.
Required:
Match each company's data set [Exhibit 1] with the industry [Exhibit 2] in which that company operates. Be sure to keep track of the rationale you employ in forming each match.
Post two comments about the article on the message board.
Attachment:- Cases.rar