ACCT 212 Project Example
BALTIMORE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Principles of Accounting II
Spring 2014
125 Points
Complete the project by answering the questions below. Type your responses in the space provide after each question below. If you deviate from the format I have noted above, there will be an automatic 25 point deduction.
Select a publicly traded company. Give me the name and get my approval.
Do not choose Target Corporation as I have included a sample analysis of Target here that was done by a student in an earlier semester. Also, note that the sample should be used as a general guide. There have been some changes in the questions in your assignment as compared to the Target sample provided. So, please consult the questions below and answer them accordingly.
Obtain electronic copies of the Annual Reports for the last two years.
1. What is the name of your company? (3pts)
2. What are the letters they use when trading in the stock market? (3pts)
3. What is their principal activity? (3pts)
4. What is the name of their auditors? (3pts)
5. What is the dollar value of their Current Assets and their Total Assets? (4pts)
6. What is the total dollar value of their Current and Total Liabilities? (4pts)
7. What is the total value of Stockholders Equity? (4pts)
8. How many common shares has the company authorized, issued and outstanding? (3 pts)
9. What is the par value of each common share? (3pts)
10. What price is the share trading at on the date that you were conducting this research? Please note the date as well. (3pts)
11. What was the highest price that the share traded at over the last 52 weeks? (3pts)
12. What was the lowest price that the share traded at over the last 52 weeks? (3pts)
13. Provide a brief explanation for the 52 week high price and 52 week low price of the company. In other words, why did the company’s stock price go up and come down or vice versa? (6 pts)
14. Write about any recent activity/event affecting the company in
Principles of Accounting II
Spring 2014
125 Points
Complete the project by answering the questions below. Type your responses in the space provide after each question below. If you deviate from the format I have noted above, there will be an automatic 25 point deduction.
Select a publicly traded company. Give me the name and get my approval.
Do not choose Target Corporation as I have included a sample analysis of Target here that was done by a student in an earlier semester. Also, note that the sample should be used as a general guide. There have been some changes in the questions in your assignment as compared to the Target sample provided. So, please consult the questions below and answer them accordingly.
Obtain electronic copies of the Annual Reports for the last two years.
1. What is the name of your company? (3pts)
2. What are the letters they use when trading in the stock market? (3pts)
3. What is their principal activity? (3pts)
4. What is the name of their auditors? (3pts)
5. What is the dollar value of their Current Assets and their Total Assets? (4pts)
6. What is the total dollar value of their Current and Total Liabilities? (4pts)
7. What is the total value of Stockholders Equity? (4pts)
8. How many common shares has the company authorized, issued and outstanding? (3 pts)
9. What is the par value of each common share? (3pts)
10. What price is the share trading at on the date that you were conducting this research? Please note the date as well. (3pts)
11. What was the highest price that the share traded at over the last 52 weeks? (3pts)
12. What was the lowest price that the share traded at over the last 52 weeks? (3pts)
13. Provide a brief explanation for the 52 week high price and 52 week low price of the company. In other words, why did the company’s stock price go up and come down or vice versa? (6 pts)
14. Write about any recent activity/event affecting the company in
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