1. Comparison of Goldman Sachs. Sources: Mergent, GuruFocus, Yahoo Finance, others.Use Recent data
a. 4 pts. Background Company Information on Goldman Sachs companies.
• Who are the closest competitors?
• What geographic markets does it serve?
• What products, services does it provide?
• Who are the targeted customers of Goldman Sachs?
• Look at the “management discussion” section in the 10K and don’t overlook the “Business Description” part of 10K where it explains what the company does: its lines of business, and how much revenues are generated from each line.
• How might changes in the industry, economy, and stock market affect (the same, differently…)? (Are some companies more susceptible to changes in industry, economy, stock market?)
b. 17 pts. Go to Yahoo Finance, GuruFocus or other sites and collect data listed below, Comparison of Companies: Financial Analysis (Put data in three company columns to directly evaluate the three companies.)
Research suggestions: Yahoo Finance, GuruFocus, Mergent Online (UWB Library) | |||
Number of Employees
Market Cap |
|||
Annual Revenues | |||
Rev/Employee | |||
Net Income | |||
Profit Margin (Net Income/Rev) | |||
Total Dividends Paid | |||
Total Assets | |||
Tot Revenues/Tot Assets |
|||
Market Cap / Employee | |||
Market Cap/ Tot Assets | |||
Market Cap/ Total Revenues | |||
Market Cap/ Net Income | |||
Total Liabilities | |||
Total Lia/Tot Assets | |||
Beta | |||
Any other terms you believe are helpful |