Finance and Operations
Assignment: Finance and Operations This week we look at finance and operations, and apply a bit of quantitative analysis to the effort. Your assignment is to analyze current financial ratios for a given business. 1. USE FACEBOOK AS THE BUSINESS. 2. Search the web for that business’ “Financial Statement.” (You will find many hits for the data.) 3. Select the http://www.morningstar.com/ site offering your company’s financial statement. 4. You will now see a number of financial ratios for FACEBOOK. 5. Now, define the following ratios, note the ratio for your business, and explain what the ratio means for the business moving forward: a) Return on Assets b) Return on Equity c) Return on Capital d) Gross Margin e) SG&A Margin f) Current Ratio g) Quick Ratio h) Total Debt/Equity i) Total Revenue j) Gross Profit Use the following guidelines:
