The company you are researching is Coca-Cola-HBC-Annual-Report 2023. I have uploaded the file below from where you must get most of your information and numbers.
1. Executive Summary This should focus on the objectives of the report and its main findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
(100 words)
2. Introduction This section should provide a brief background of the company, highlighting the main markets, sources of revenue, and the nature of the industry in which the company operates.
(200 words)
3. Financial Analysis
(a) Financial Ratios Calculation You need to calculate a comprehensive set of ratios for last two years for the company you have selected for comparative purposes. These ratios should cover the following five core areas:
a) Profitability
b) Liquidity
c) Efficiency
d) Financing
e) Investment potential
APPENDICES should include the following information (not to be part of the word count):
– Ratio calculations. You should calculate the financial ratios. The calculations should be presented in clearly prepared tables, either in Excel or Word. A copy of the tables should be pasted into the main report as an appendix.
– Please ensure that you include the workings for all ratio calculations in the appendix of your submission. If you do not provide these workings to support your ratio calculations, your marks for this part will be reduced.
– You MUST include relevant extracts from the latest Annual Report such as the chairman’s statement, income statement, and statement of financial position (balance sheet) with notes to the accounts where appropriate. If you do not provide these extracts to support your ratio calculations, your marks for this part will be reduced.
(b) Financial Ratios Analysis An interpretation and assessment of each company’s recent financial performance and position based exclusively on the financial statements in the Annual Reports. This analysis and assessment should cover all the above five core areas.
(900 words)
4. Limitations of financial ratio analysis An explanation of the limitations of your analysis, including the financial ratio analysis technique. Also, provide a reflection on the usefulness of financial ratio analysis in evaluating the financial performance of companies.
(150 words)
5. Conclusion Clearly stated and reasonable recommendations and conclusions. Clear advice is given to the investor which has been logically derived from previous analysis and supported by evidence from the Annual Report and any wider news and literature.
(150 words)
