Obtain the company's annual report. Prepare a presentation in which you do the following:
1. Identify current ratios, and compare the ratios to industry averages.
2. Identify debt-to-equity ratios, and compare them to industry standards. Use the ratios to calculate the company's cost of capital.
3. Use the ratios to complete a DuPont analysis of the company's efficiency in using capital (working capital, fixed assets, retained earnings, and shareholder equity).
4. Analyze the company's performance using economic value added (EVA) and comparative P/E ratios.
5. Compare the strategy stated in the CEO's letter and other public relations sections of the annual report to the company's actual performance over the past 3 years. Is there consistency or a disconnect between what the company says it is doing and what it is actually accomplishing?
6. Describe the ethical and social responsibility components of the they consistent with the company's duty to build long-term value for its shareholders?
7. Address any other issues that are central to a thorough understanding of the campany.