The company selected is American Eagle (AEO).
Write my paper answering each question below, creating the graph, determining whether the 1,000 investment starting on July 5th has made money and each question in regards to that. Please use Yahoo Finance and the 10K report for most of your answers.
Complete the final project, addressing the questions below. Throughout this course, you have selected a company to follow, assessing the company's health as well as your hypothetical investment of $1,000. The chosen company is publicly traded, and has a market capitalization of $2-$10 billion.
Using the outcome from those various activities, discussions, and research performed during the course, write a formal assessment of the health of the company you chose in a paper of approximately 1,750 words.
Ensure that your company assessment document address the following topics:
o Why did you choose this particular company?
o In what industry does this company operate, and how does it fit into the particular industry? Is it an industry leader? A small player?
Does it operate in multiple industries and do the multiple operations complement or hedge the company's overall strategy?
o What risks does the company face on the surface (from Week Two)? What additional risks or matters of concern did you discover (via analyst write-ups, articles, press releases, industry-wide concerns) during your research?
o Perform ratio analysis on the company and evaluate the overall health of the company relative to its industry based on its financial statements (from Week Three).
o Analyze the company's financing mix (from Week Five).
o Describe the company's international operations and risks (from Week Seven).
o Business relationships: Would you be willing to maintain a relationship with the company as a supplier? Why or why not?
o Employee relationships: Would you be willing to work for the company? What if your compensation package only included the company's stock (no cash)?
o Investor relationships: Imagine you invested $1,000 in the company's stock on the first day of the course. How did your investment perform during the 8 weeks? Did you make money? If so, what was the annualized return? Did you lose money? Earn a dividend? What about long-term performance of the stock? Prepare or provide a chart showing the company's stock price over the previous 5-year period. Would you want the company's stock or debt in your 401(k)? Why or why not?
o Has the firm executed any stock buybacks? If so, what was the effect on the stock price?
o Calculate the WACC for your company.
o If you knew 8 weeks ago what you know now about finance, would you have invested in this company? Why or why not?
Format your paper using West Writing Style Handbook guidelines.
Include a minimum of four sources, which may consist of readings from the University Library, your text, and other selections.