Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) Assignment

Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) Assignment

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) Assignment

Assignment #1– Examining Financial Statements

75 Points

Students will select a Fortune 500 company to examine (http://fortune.com/fortune500/). Prepare a Word document using information from their Annual Report. (Use the most recent year available.)

The Word document must cover ALL of the following:

Overview

• Describe the content and purpose of the three main financial statements.

Balance Sheet

• What are the balances at year-end for assets, liabilities, and stockholder’s equity?
• Prepare a common-size Balance Sheet. Be sure to properly label and form this financial statement.
• Review the Notes to the financial statement:

. What Inventory Method does the company use?

. What other pertinent information does the company disclose about their inventory

. What does the company disclose regarding fixed assets and depreciation?

Income Statement

• What is revenue, gross profit, and net income for the year?
• Prepare a common-size Income Statement. Be sure to properly label and form this financial statement.
• Are there any special items on the Income Statement (e.g. Discontinued Operations, Extraordinary items)? If so, describe the event that caused the item and why is this event classified as a special item.
• Review the Notes to the financial statement:

. Describe the company’s policy on revenue recognition.

Statement of Cash Flows

• What are the cash flow totals for operating, investing, and financing activities?
• What are some of the main investing and financing activities that occurred? If there are negative cash flow totals, describe whether this cash outflow has a positive or negative impact on the company’s sustainability. Why?

Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)

• Highlight 3 interesting topics discussed in the MD&A section of the annual report.

. How does the information presented impact the financial statements and relevant ratios?

Additional Instructions

• Make sure to choose a Fortune 500 company that has inventory
• Annual Reports (10-k) can be found:

. Company website – Usually at the bottom of the main page under a link titled ‘Investor Relations’, ‘Corporate’,  (or something similar).

. SEC website (https://www.sec.gov/). Click ‘Filings’ tab to search for the company (Make sure to use the 10-k report).

• The document should include the same headings listed above (Overview, etc.).
• The document should be APA formatted (including title page, APA formatted references, etc.)
• You can complete the common size financial statements in Excel then copy and paste into your main Word document.
• MUST: Include the direct link to the Annual Report
• You must upload your file to Blackboard under Week 3 Assignments.  Go to the Assignment, scroll down to “Attach Local File” and click Browse to select YOUR file, then hit SUBMIT.

Evaluation Criteria for: Assignment 1
Assignment 1 points	WD 68 -75 Points	Dev 56 to 67 Points	NSW 55 points or lower
Overview (10%) 7.5 points	Provides a complete overview of the three main financial statements. Clearly states the content and purpose of each.	Provides a somewhat complete overview of the three main financial statements. Clearly states the content and purpose of each.	Provides no clear overview of the three main financial statements. Does not clearly or fully state the content and purpose of each.
Balance Sheet (20%) 15 points	Reported balances agree to the linked Annual Report. Common-size balance sheet is computed correctly. Clearly and correctly describes the required information from the Notes to the Financial Statement	Reported balances agree to the linked Annual Report. Common-size balance sheet contains some inaccuracies. Somewhat clearly and correctly describes the required information from the Notes to the Financial Statement	Reported balances do not agree to the linked Annual Report. Major inaccuracies with the Common-size balance sheet. Description of the required information from the Notes is inaccurate or incomplete.
Income Statement (20%) 15 points	Reported amounts agree to the linked Annual Report. Common-size income statement is computed correctly. Clearly and correctly describes the required information from the Notes to the Financial Statement	Reported amounts agree to the linked Annual Report. Common-size income statement contains some inaccuracies. Somewhat clearly and correctly describes the required information from the Notes to the Financial Statement	Reported amounts do not agree to the linked Annual Report. Major inaccuracies with the Common-size income statement. Description of the required information from the Notes is inaccurate or incomplete.
Statement of Cash Flows (20%) 15 points	Reported amounts agree to the linked Annual Report. Correctly identifies sources of major investing and financing activities	Reported amounts agree to the linked Annual Report. Somewhat correctly identifies sources of major investing and financing activities	Reported amounts do not agree to the linked Annual Report. Incorrectly identifies sources of major investing and financing activities
MD& A (20%) 15 points	Highlights 3 topics discussed in the MD&A. Provides a reasonable and logical analysis of how the information may impact the financial statements and ratios.	Highlights at least 2 topics discussed in the MD& A. Provides a somewhat reasonable and logical analysis of how the information may impact the financial statements and ratios.	Highlights 1 or less topics discussed in the MD& A. Does not provide a reasonable and logical analysis of how the information may impact the financial statements and ratios.
Grammar, Speech Patterns, Punctuation and APA (10%) 7.5 points	Clearly uses proper grammar, APA for in text citations and for all references. Formatting is clean and reader friendly.	Has more than three errors in APA, grammar and or punctuation. Formatting is somewhat clean and reader friendly.	Has more than four errors in APA, grammar and or punctuation. Formatting is not clean nor reader friendly.

N S W = Needs Significant Work D = Developing WD = Well Developed

 

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Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). Zero points:  Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. 5 out 20 points:  Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. 10 out 20 points:  References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated.  Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. 15 out 20 points:  Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented.  APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors.  There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. 20 points:  Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented.  APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points) Zero points:  Student failed to submit the final paper. 5 points out of 20:  The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors  10 points out 20:  The paper is often unclear and difficult to follow due to some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; ideas may be fragmented, wandering and/or repetitive; poor organization; and/or some grammatical, spelling, punctuation errors 15 points out of 20:  The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. 20 points:  The paper is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read as a result of appropriate and precise use of terminology; total coherence of thoughts and presentation and logical organization; and the essay is error free. 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The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment. 10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA 6th edition cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally, the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper.
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