FA Group Project
FA Group Project
FA Group Project
Here is a detailed framework to guide the analysis that you have to apply for the
company(ies) you have selected for your project of FA Term 1, 2024-26.
1. Each Group have to select an industry (already select by you all) and take 5
companies based on market capitalisation or any other criteria (must be specified in
the project report and presentation) and take data from Annual Reports for 5 years.
Along with annual report you are required to use direct source such as company
website for gathering the information for the project.
2. Plagiarism will be analysed and while group will be marked ZERO if it is found that
there is case of plagiarism
3. Time new Roman 12 font size, Standard formatting of a Business/Project Report
• Business Model:
o What are the primary revenue streams?
o What are the main cost drivers?
• Industry Analysis:
o What is the industry structure?
o Who are the main competitors?
o What are the industry trends and challenges?
• Income Statement:
o Revenue: Analyze growth trends, segmentation (products, regions).
o Driver of Revenue
o Cost of Goods Sold (COGS): Assess gross margins.
o Operating Expenses: Break down into R&D, SG&A (Selling, General, and
Administrative).
o Net Income: Evaluate profitability trends. Analyse various other paramertrs of
Income such as Core Income, Permanent Income, Income from continuing
operations, comprehensive Income and Economic Income
• Balance Sheet:
o Assets: Current vs. non-current, liquidity (cash, receivables, inventory).
o Liabilities: Short-term vs. long-term, debt levels.
o Equity: Shareholder equity, retained earnings.
• Cash Flow Statement:
o Operating Activities: Cash generated from core business.
o Investing Activities: Capital expenditures, acquisitions.
o Financing Activities: Debt issuance/repayment, equity financing.
(detailed commentary and peer analysis and trend analysis of the CFS)
3. Key Financial Metrics and Ratios
• Liquidity Ratios:
o Current Ratio: Current assets / current liabilities.
o Quick Ratio: (Current assets - inventories) / current liabilities.
• Leverage Ratios:
o Debt-to-Equity Ratio: Total debt / total equity.
o Debt to Total Assets Ratio
o Equity Ratio
o Interest Coverage Ratio: EBIT / interest expenses.
• Profitability Ratios:
o Gross Margin: (Revenue - COGS) / revenue.
o Operating Margin: Operating income / revenue.
o Net Margin: Net income / revenue.
o Return on Assets (ROA): Net income / total assets.
o Return on Equity (ROE): Net income / total equity.
• Efficiency Ratios:
o Asset Turnover: Revenue / total assets.
o Inventory Turnover: COGS / average inventory.
o Receivables Turnover: Revenue / average receivables.
o Cash to Cash Cycle (C2C)
o Working capital turnover ratio
Identify the trend in all analysis and attach meaning to these changing trends over
the years ( 5 years). Why changing are happening. In the light of business model of
the company