08.Finance in Business Activity

Instructions:

Complete the following scenario using the templates provided:

1. Select one U.S. publicly traded company and review its most recent annual report. (You may use one of the three companies you selected for your Stock Journal assignment.)

. Use the Week 8 Finance in Business Excel Template [XLSX] provided to report assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and net income for your selected company.

. Note: There are locked cells in the Excel template. The cells have been locked to prevent the formulas from being disturbed. The cells that you will need to use to complete this assignment are not locked. You may create your own templates; however it is recommended that you use the templates provided.

· Determine changes in assets, liabilities, and equity.

· Determine changes in total revenue and net income.

· Describe the changes from the current and prior years in each of these key areas and whether the changes would be positive or negative from an investor/stockholder’s view.

· Locate and incorporate at least two quality sources into this assignment.

· For stock price information, you may use the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Yahoo! Finance, or The Wall Street Journal Online.

· Submit two documents for your Annual Report activity submission by uploading both documents at the same time in the submission area:

· Completed Week 8 Finance in Business Excel Template [XLSX] attached to assignment.

· Completed Week 8 Finance in Business Template [DOC] located below.

Note: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

***This is a template. Please type over/delete all items in red prior to submitting your assignment.

Week 8 Homework: The Annual Report

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Week 8 Homework

Instructions: Use the Excel template provided to report assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and income for your selected company.

Use this template to briefly describe changes year-to-year (current and prior years) for assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and income. Determine if the changes would be positive or negative from an investor/stockholder’s view.

*Use black, size 12, Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, or Calibri fonts. Double-space your paragraph. Use paragraph headers as necessary to express your results. See the formatting instructions and samples under the Strayer Writing Standards link in the Course Shell.

*AFTER COMPLETING YOUR WORK, DELETE ALL ITEMS IN RED. Your font must be black.

Sources

Sample formatting for an online source:

1. Anya Kamenetz. July 10, 2015. The Writing Assignment That Changes Lives. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/07/10/419202925/the-writing-assignment-that-changes-lives

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