Request for you to provide the answer by Sunday evening for the below:
Use Walt Disney
- What has been the performance of the company stock compared with (1) a key competitor(Universal Studios) and with (2) the S&P 500? Show this either graphically or by calculating a rate of return over one or more time periods (see below).
- Discuss possible reasons for your company's performance. How much of the performance can be attributed to management and how much is due to market conditions?
A description of a company's stock performance might be the annualized returns for one and three years. (To determine the annualized return, use a calculator and solve for I/y, or an Excel Spreadsheet to calculate Rate (no payments) where the current price is FV and the price N years ago is PV. You may also use the interest rate function of this online calculator (Financial Calculator, Time Value of Money, Compound Interest, Interest Rate)).
And/or you might show the relative performance by downloading a chart showing the stock prices of your company compared to its competitor and the S&P 500 index.
Assignment Mechanics
- APA formatting: 1" margins, 12-point font, double spaced.