Corporate Finance Final Project

FIN 3403 – Corporate Finance

Final Project

Key Stone, Library Research, and Corporate Social Responsibility

Requirement

• Pick a company publicly listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ.

The company should have at least five (5) years of trading history.

Content

• Company description.
• Key data: current market price of the company’s share of stock, market capitalization, shares outstanding, Beta, P/E ratio, EPS, dividend yield, price-to-book ratio, current ratio, net margin, ROA, ROE, total debt to total equity, net income, total assets, total liabilities, shareholders’ equity, FCF, FCF yield.
• Performance (stock price): 5Y, 3Y, 1Y, YTD, 6M, 3M, 1M, 5D, 1D. Is the company underperforming or outperforming the industry? Explain
• Analysis of the company: risk profile (firm-specific risk, market-related risk, and industry risk).
• Capital structure of the company: explain the financial securities used to raise funds from the financial markets.
• Payout policy: has this company paid cash dividends, stock dividends, or bought back its shares of stock? Explain.
• Investment projects: what is the typical project for this firm?
• Explain the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy.

Instructions

• Individual assignment.
• Word format.
• APA style is mandatory (student paper): https://apastyle.apa.org
• Order of pages: title page, abstract, table of contents, text (requirements and answers), conclusion, references, tables (financial data), figures (graphs or charts indicating financial data).
• Please respond according to the order requested and include each related heading.
• References must include at least four (4) authoritative sources from Library and Information Resources Network (LIRN).
• Please keep in mind the FNU policy on plagiarism.
• Total pages: between ten (10) and twelve (12).

No late submission.

Bonus

Suggested sources of information (feel free to consult others):

• https://www.marketwatch.com
• https://finance.yahoo.com
• https://www.nyse.com/ind
• https://www.spglobal.com/e
• https://www.sec.go
• Company’s annual and investor relation report (each company’s website)