Business and Managemen
You are to answer these questions regarding the company Novartis (https://www.google.com/finance?q=nyse:nvs), you are to use google finance and business research databases such as S&P and Moody’s
These are the questions-
(3+) Standardize 3-5 years of your firm’s Income statement
2. (2+) Do a vertical analysis of the standardized income statements. Comment on any unusual observations you see in these common size statements
3. (2+) Do a horizontal analysis of the standardized income statements. Comment on any unusual observations you see in these common size statements
4. (2+) Get the industry (or a competitor’s) data and compare your firm to the industry with a panel data analysis of the standardized income statements. Comment on any unusual observations you see in these common size statements
5. (3+) Standardize 3-5 years of your firm’s Balance Sheet
6. (2+) Do a vertical analysis of the standardized balance sheets. Comment on any unusual observations you see in these common size statements
7. (2+) Do a horizontal analysis of the standardized balance sheets. Comment on any unusual observations you see in these common size statements
8. (2+) Get the industry (or a competitor’s) data and compare your firm to the industry with a panel data analysis of the standardized balance sheets. Comment on any unusual observations you see in these common size statements
4. (4+) Calculate 3-5 years of your firm’s Current Ratio; comment on the value and trend
5. (4+) Calculate 3-5 years of your firm’s Total Debt Ratio; comment on the value and trend
6. (8+) Calculate 3-5 years of two of your firm’s Efficiency Ratios; comment on the value and trend
7. (8+) Calculate 3-5 years of two of your firm’s Profit Ratios; comment on the value and trend
8. (4+) Calculate 3-5 years of your firm’s Sustainable Growth Ratio; comment on the value and trend
9. (4+) Find 3-5 years for one of your firm’s Risk Ratios; comment on the value and trend
10. (2+) Name and describe any one of the 12 “problems” in analyzing your firm’s financial statements
