FIN571 – Stock Valuation and Analysis

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to allow students the opportunity to research a Fortune 500 company stock using the popular online research tool Yahoo Finance. The tool allows the student to review analyst reports and other key financial information necessary to evaluate the stock value and make an educated decision on whether to invest.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Yahoo Finance

Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the following industries:

  • Amazon

Access Yahoo Finance and enter the company name.

Review the financial information and statistics provided for the stock you selected and answer the following:

  • What is the ticker symbol of the company you chose?
  • What is the Current Stock Price?
  • What is the Market Cap for the stock you chose?
  • What is the Price to Earnings Ratio?
  • What is the Dividend and Yield?
  • What is the Enterprise Value?
  • What is the Beta?
  • Was there a Stock Split, and if so, when?
  • What was the closing stock price for the last 5 days?
  • What was the 52 Week High for this stock?
  • What is the Book Value per Share?
  • What type of rating are analysts recommending (i.e. buy, hold, etc.)?
  • What is the target price analysts are predicting for this stock?
  • What is the analyst’s average revenue estimate for next year?
  • What are some of the significant news items and press releases made by the company over the last year?

Explain in 700 words why you would or would not recommend investing in this stock.

  • Describe the relationship between the value of the stock and the price to earnings ratio.
  • What information does the Market Capitalization (Market Cap) and Beta provide to the investor?

**Cannot accept more than 5% plagiarism, it will be submitted to TurnItIn. If you are referencing please do in-text citations.

***Please use grading guide attached to help you and make sure that all requirements are met.

It should not have to be restated, but remember that ALL written paper assignments are required to have references AND citations in the body of the paper. A paper with no references or citations is considered a form of plagiarism and will result in zero points.

Please note the discussions are NOT like a paper — it is considered a public type of forum. Most items from the web site and the text are considered copyrighted information and it is an infringement to copy and paste without express written permission by the author. This includes items copied that are even referenced and cited. I will not count these items as substantive. Please feel free to include the URL address in your discussion posts so we can go to the site, but keep your discussion comments ONLY in your own words. Thanks for your attention to this matter.

***It is VERY IMPORTANT that you follow the grading guide as well as the APA format. This professor is very picky and must be done carefully and correctly.

BOOK: Ross, S., Westerfield, R., Jaffe, J. & Jordan, B. (2016). Corporate finance (11th edition). New York, N.Y. McGraw-Hill Education.

Let me know if you have any questions.