financial analysis for Tesla and Ford

ACCY801 Project ReportGuidelines1-

Select a Public listedcompany of your choice (from any sector/industry for example, Real Estate, Construction, Industrials or Services sector etc.) with financial statements data available for the years2015 to 2019.2- Analyse, assess and highlight the market and financial position of your company. Conduct S.W.O.T analysis for the company highlighting main financial and market strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. 3- You are required to review the financial statements and collect all relevant and available data.4- Trend analysis is an aspect of financial analysis that tries to predict the future movement based on past data. Trend analysis is based on the idea that what has happened in the past gives traders an idea of what will happen in the future. For this purpose, the following data for your selected company and its benchmark are to be enclosed and analysed as part of your ratio analysis for the years 2015-2019:1TotalAssets9Earnings Per Share (EPS)2Total Owners’Equity10Dividends Per Share (DPS)3TotalLiabilities11Total Sales (or Total Revenues)4Return on Assets(ROA)12Net Operating Profits (Profit for the year)5Return on Equity(ROE)13Retained Earnings6Operating CashFlows14Debt Ratio (Financial Leverage)7Investing CashFlows15Net Working Capital8Financing CashFlows16Assets Turnover5- Your report should include the following elements:a. Introduction and overview of the company (2-3 pages).b. Comparative cross-sectional and Industrial analysis, which should include:i.Horizontal analysis tables of the financial statements for the years 2018 & 2019 – Main Company.ii.Trend Analysis and relevant charts for the years 2015 to 2019 – Main Company and Benchmark iii.Vertical analysis tables of the financial statements used for the year 2019 – Main Companyiv.Financial Ratios(2018 & 2019)–Main Company & Benchmark1- Liquidity analysis (Net Working Capital; Current Ratio)2- Activity analysis (Inventory Turnover; Receivables Turnover; Payables turnover; Assets turnover)3- Solvency and Debt Management (Debt Ratio; Times Interest Earned Ratio)4- Profitability analysis (ROA; ROE; EPS)c. Conclusion and suggestions.6- Project report’s format guidelines are mentioned below. The report should not be more than 20 pages long, be of A4 size, with the suggested following layout: (i) top margin 2.5 cm; bottom margin 2.5 cm; left margin 3.5 cm; and right margin 2.5 cm. (ii) Papers must be written for compatibility with: Word for Windows; with the suggested font and format attributes: Arial font, size 12; single line spacing paragraph; and justify alignment. The page numbers have to be centred at the bottom of the page. 7- Note: Submit your project as per the guidelines mentioned below: 1. Attach on top of the project a complete cover sheet (with you name and student ID number)2. Submit your project with the all attachments onto Turnitin through Moodle. A Moodle linkwill be provided later to upload the project.Marking SchemeReport format and Originality10%Report Content and Clarity15%Company Profile and SWOT15%Horizontal and Vertical (Common Size) Analysis15%Trend and Ratio Analysis: Profitability Analysis; Liquidity Analysis; Activity or Management Effectiveness; and Debt Management (Solvency) Analysis.25%Conclusions and Recommendations20%Total100%1 | P a g e