Assignment details
You are to select a publicly listed dividend paying company from the country of your study location (Australia for the Bentley campus) and conduct a detailed analysis on it.
The purpose of this assignment is to use your acquired knowledge from this unit to investigate the financial strength of a public listed company. Your research should cover the following 4 parts:
* Shareholder analysis (15%) – Who are the owners of the company and the implication to the choice of methods used to calculate the cost of return.
* Risk-return analysis (15%) – Analyse the return received over the market for the apparent risks identified in the company.
* Cost of capital (40%) – Calculate the cost of capital using various methods and analyse your findings.
* Financial statement analysis (30%) – Determine the future of the company by analysing the performance of the company.
