Assignment Tasks:
- You are required to conduct a financial statement analysis of a publicly listed company (PLC) from the following list:
- Brick Brewing Company Limited
- Big Rock Brewery
- Jean Coutu Group
- Indigo Books and Music Inc.
- Magna International Inc.
- Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
- Metro Inc.
- Mitel Networks
- Saputo Inc.
- Second Cup Coffee Company
- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
- CGI Group Inc.
- WestJet Airlines Ltd.
- Cineplex Inc.
- Cara Operations Limited
- George Weston Limited
- Loblaws Company Limited
- Celestica Inc.
- Leon’s Furniture Ltd.
- Jean Coutu Group Inc.
- Roots Ltd.
- Canadian Tire Corporation
- Air Canada
- National Canadian Railways
- High Liner Foods Inc.
- Tim Hortons Inc. (uses the name Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership – uses US GAAP which I will allow for this assignment)
- Rogers Communications
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
The analysis should be divide in the following three parts:
Part I: Knowledge of the Client’s Business and Risk Assessment (no more than 500 words)
- You should provide an overview of the company’s business, industry it operates in, its products/service, its geographical presence and the details of the top management of the company.
Part II: Analytical Review and Calculation of Critical Financial Ratios
- You should conduct financial ratio calculation and interpretation for the latest year end numbers. No need to show calculations. Only the final result and its interpretation/analytical insights are required.
- Calculate and provide analytical insights of various ratios under liquidity ratios, profitability ratio, and solvency ratios.
- Perform horizontal common size financial statement analysis using 2017 as the base year and provide analytical insights.
Part III: Audit Report and Risks (no more than 800 words)
- Go into the Annual Report and look for management’s risk analysis – most companies will assess the future business risks of their company.
- Describe one risk facing the company that is interesting and different from all other types of companies – i.e., it is specific to its business – DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AS THIS IS COMMON TO ALL COMPANIES
- Go to the Independent Auditor’s Report and identify the auditor of the company and determine if the company receive a clean opinion? How do you know? (2 marks)
- Check for any related party transactions disclosed – you may need to go to the Notes to the F/S unless management has disclosed it in the MD&A (remember Chapter 3 and risk analysis) Select one related party noted and provide details on what was involved in the transaction and who the transactions were with.
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