Analyst Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

Choosing a career is an important decision which requires sound approach. The choice of career determines one’s lifestyle. Both management analyst and urban/rural planning are economically rewarding careers. They have different characteristics due to the difference in the nature of work. This report tries to compare both careers on different aspects and provides relevant findings and recommendations.

Purpose

The aim of this report is compare two careers: management analyst and urban/rural planning as potential career choices. The report provides a comparison on the main areas and provides conclude conclusion and recommendation to influence people on career choice.

Sources and methods

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The management is to identify the requirements of a system analyst and ensure that all the staff involved in system analysis process posses all the required characteristics and skills needed in any design modeling process.

The purpose of this letter is take into identify the skills which a system analyst must develop in order to be more effective in any design modeling process. A good system analyst must have all the necessary requirements so as to ensure a proper implementation of the design modeling process.

A system analyst is involved in carrying out researches, planning solutions, recommending software and systems and also ...

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Introduction to GIS

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is an emerging industry throughout the world. It is a tool that allows users to visualize and present data in several ways. This enables them to observe and report patterns and relationships within a given area, subject or between given variables. These patterns and relationships are generally displayed on maps, but they can also be represented on a globe, on charts and in reports. Its importance lies in its ability to bring together information from a number of different sources and ensure that specific work is carried out. Latitudes and Longitudes are ...

Herding: An Introduction

While psychologist call it as Herd behavior, the financial pundits go with the word ‘’ Herding’’. Herding is a behavior trait found in an individual where his investment decisions are decided by the majority. In other words, it refers to instances when the individuals gravitate towards same or similar investment based solely on the fact that the majority of the investors are doing so. Important to note, since decades, financial pundits has claimed that such action of investors where they enter into herding environment, leads to inefficiency of the financial markets by causing large or unsubstantiated sell-offs which have no fundamental ...

Part 1)

Analyzing financial statements of the company is of great importance as it serves different purposes of each interested party. For Instance, while investors analyze the financial statements to evaluate their investment decision in the company, creditors are more concerned to judge the profitability of the company i.e if the company will be able to honor their agreed payments on time. Apart from these outside parties, even the management of the company conduct financial statement analysis so as to formulate future plans and decisions.

However, there are different tools available for supporting the financial analysis of the companies and the same are discussed hereunder:

Vertical Analysis: A popular method of conducting financial statement analysis in which each entry of the ...

Executive Summary

It is important to keep the customer requirements and preferences in mind in order to provide the best possible service and Sa Pisitta Supermarket is taking the opportunity in order to conduct a detailed analysis in order to come up with the solutions which can help them to target and attract their customers in a better manner. The variables defined are mainly the age, gender, distance and average monthly spent of the customers. The analysis targets an understanding of the association between different variables and how they impact each other. The overall data variables are converted into numeric responses in order ...

Risky Situations

Note three types of sensitive information involved with each situation. Then, note three ways each information item could be misused or harmed. For each of these, note at least one likely finding that you would include in a risk analysis report of the organization. Finally, answer the questions at the end of the table.

Situation 1 – Online Banking System

Information Affected
Potential Harm (Risk)
Likely Finding in Risk Analysis Report
Customer details

Unauthorized access
Terminal unauthorized access to customer account information and details.

Alteration of customer details
Hackers gained unauthorized access and altered customer details and information

Copying of customer ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Starbucks, a premium coffee house, is recognized as the leader in its category in many aspects such as marketing strategy, quality of services and most importantly from financial perspective. Exploring certain objectives of the financial perspectives has been adopted as the objective of this report.
Starbucks with listed symbol of SBUX on Nasdeq 100 is categorized within Specialty Eateries of the service sector on finance section of yahoo. Starbuck is the leader (on many aspects within its sector) mainly with respect to market capitalization of $. 38.01 Bn (88%) out of $. 43.0 Bn of the industry (Yahoo! b, 2012). The other ...

Investment Portfolio Management

The company was established in 1997 and its main activity is to provide is a global coverage for streaming movies and TV series. The total subscribers to the services are 75 million people spread over 190 countries. It is the world leading on the side of linear TV networks covering most of the entertainment movies and series. They offer their programming though this is done on-demand via the applications which run on both phones and the smart TVs.

Historical price method

Using the analyst consensus method to predict Netflix stock price 12 months from today we will rely heavily on the methodology. ...

Foundation Course – Researching Psychology

Abstract Page
The research being conducted has practical, theoretical and scientific value in the research field. Lacanian discourse analysis helps identify the treatment in psychoanalysis, can be applied to studying mental and social characteristics of a language spoken by various minorities.
An interviewer and an interviewee took part in a research; the conversation was written down and attached to the paper on the consent of the interviewee. The theory of Lacanian Discursive Analysis has been applied to the paper in order to identify the symbolic and the imaginary unconscious reflected in the language spoken.
In the first section ...

PART 1

A). Physical therapy documentation8
B). Management in Physical Therapy Practices8
4. Report organization..8
5. Health service management..8

A.) Job description8

B.) Skills8
C.) Salary8
D.) Career stability. ..8
6. Physical therapy.9

A.) Job descripts9

B.) Skills needed9
C.) Salary9
D.) Career stability.9
- Introduction
Physical therapy is considered a health profession of disabilities, impairments and promotion of mobility. It is commonly performed by physical therapists. The job requires a lot of commitment as the practitioners is required to always be available in case of the frequent emergency’s that results from accidents (Booyens, 2008).
Health service ...

Executive summary

The success of any project depends on the effective planning. Planning in project management is crucial especially when it comes to project definition. Project definition involves specifying and documenting different aspect of the project such as the objectives, scope, aims and assessing the viability of the project. For any project to be successful, it is very crucial for the project manager to formulate an effective project definition (Atkinson, 2009). Defining a project effectively will give a basis of planning, monitoring and controlling other project tasks and activities. It was evident in the given project where the stakeholder and the manager of ...

Questions on Career Path in MIS Answered in Essay Form

Searching on Craiglists for openings in the field I am pursuing connected the academic pursuing of a certain qualification with its application in the real world. I found a job on the Pittsburgh Craiglist page that was looking for a Diretor of Information Technology & Systems. The company, OnDemand Energy Solutions, is one of PA’s fastest growing companies and would be an exciting organization to become a part of. Their primary service is to help business customers mamage energy needs on both the supply and demand side of the meter. This service is currenly lacking in the US, since we do not have ...

Executive Summary

The report unearths the past five year financial performance of Walmart Inc. using the tool of ratio analysis. Our analysis indicated that over the years, the liquidity position of the company had been fairly stable and witnessed a surge during the latest year. However, the result were not appreciable when compared to the industrial averages. In terms of profitability and solvency, Walmart have shown promising trend with appreciable run both in comparison with the industry and at intra-company levels. As for the efficiency and market ratios, the trend again provided a mixed review, where miserable inventory turnover were offset ...

About the Report:

The report is based on financial and fundamental analysis of four leading supermarket companies, i.e. Wal-Mart, Sainsbury, TESCO Plc and Kroger. Important to note, that, the conclusion at the end will be based on the individual analysis of each company and not by comparing them.

Wal-Mart:

Wal-Mart is the most renowned supermarket chain in the world and is also the world’s largest corporation providing employment to over two million employees. Founded in the year 1962, the company is still run as a family business with Walton family holding over 50% share in Wal-Mart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises. The ...

Products and Services

Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. The company designs, manufactures and markets mobile and media devices, computers, and portable digital music players; and sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. Its products and services include Mac OS X operating systems, iPad, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, the iOS and iCloud, and various accessory and support offerings, as well as a range of consumer and professional software applications. The company sells its products and services to consumers, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, and government customers through its ...

Hastings Entertainment, Inc. was formed in the year 1968. The company is in retailing of multimedia entertainment products. Hastings is currently operating around 146 superstores across the America. The company is also operating one concept store in Texas and e-commerce website to sell its products online. The reason for short listing this company is that this stock is old, under evaluated and performing good in the industry.

Overview of the Company

a) State of Incorporation – the Hastings entertainment was incorporated in Texas.
b) Price/ Equity Ratio – 0.20.
c) Market Capitalization – 16.89 million as on 30th April 2012.
d) Ticker Symbol – HAST
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Abstract

This report intends to present a deeper understanding of the core issues related to the analysis of one of the tales of Apartheid Archive Project. The methodology section is to explain basic concepts which are used in the analysis of the tale and to justify and contextualize the employed approach. The analysis part is intended to identify the key concepts that hold the narrative together, identify its role within the apartheid system and establish any overriding effect which it has on political and social level. The conclusion support the notion that the subjective account of one's experience can be placed ...

Table of Content

Definition of key terms
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Introduction
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Background information
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Factors influencing the purchase of footwear
4
Personal characteristics
4
Individual circumstances
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Social environment
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Components of attitudes influencing behavior
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Cognitive
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Affective
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Conative
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Conclusion
11
Bibliography
12

Definition of key terms
1. CEO-Chief Executive Officer
2. NIKE-A US based Footwear Company, that manufactures sportswear and other sports apparels
3. ADIDAS-this is a German owned sports ...

Company Profile

Revered as the biggest e-commerce website around the globe, Amazon Inc. is an American multinational entity engaged in e-commerce selling and cloud computing. Founded in the year 1994 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington DC. Amazon is the biggest e-retailer in terms of revenue and market capitalization. Beginning with the modest background of selling books and Blu-Ray DVD’s, Amazon today offers more than billion products and is now operating globally with presence in 19 countries. The company is listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of AMZN and is also the constituent of NASDAQ ...

Introduction

The SNAP-25 is the synaptosomal-associated protein 25 which generated different primary and secondary effects on animals and human being including death. The most important symptoms (Huang, 2004) of the SNAP-25 are:
■ Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: This affects the attention, excessive activity and difficulties in control behavior. Extreme situations may cause death.
■ RS362584 polymorphism in genes causing neuroticism in living beings, including humans. The neuroticism causes anxiety, fear, worry and frustration in individuals. In extreme cases, its causes the death.

The SNAP-25 biologically interrupts and destroys links and the structure of the ribonucleic acid of the cells.

In a laboratory analysis, the degradation of SNAP-25 will cause death if it is degraded to less than 25%.
The ...

Internship Proposal

Introduction
I did my internship in an engineering consultation firm in the USA. I was attached to the finance department. The engineering firm is different from other industries because it is involved in searching and giving services instead of dealing with products. The company is also involved in delivering solutions based on the current and occurring problems. While an intern, I was assigned the duty of financial analysis on competitor companies in the USA. Besides, I worked on project budgets for the enterprise.
On the various tasks assigned to me, I was able to gain hands-on skills in financial ...

Regression Analysis

Using the regression analysis, we are willing to reveal the real trend behind the growth multiples of the company, i.e. whether the trend in the financial multiples posted by the company is real or just inflated numbers. Stated otherwise, regression analysis is performed to understand how sustainable are the financial numbers and how can these historical trends help us in forecasting the future performance of the company.
The first two multiple analyzed were sales per share and EPS as these multiples reveals the amount of money the entity is making. Analyzing the trend, we witnessed that while the sales ...

Stock Analysis: PepsiCo

Summary:
Current Price of stock: $103.78
Projected Price of stock: $159.98
Recommendation: Buy
About the company
Founded in the year 1898, PepsiCo is an American multinational company that manufacture and process food snacks and beverages. Headquartered in New York, Pepsico is the the behemoth of food and beverage industry in the United States with annual revenue of $63.05 billion. The company owns a series of brands such as Frito Lays, Tropicana, Mountain Dew, Quaker Oats, Gatorade, et cetera. By the end of 2015, the company had employed 263,000 employees and was selling its products in more than 200 ...

Outsourcing

Outsourcing is where the management gets some of the jobs done outside the organization instead of having in-house departments handle them. The outsourced jobs are either assigned to individuals or organizations (Cromie and Zott, 2013). Over the past decade, it has become one of the major trends in many human resource departments. Both small and large companies opt for outsourcing with an aim of recording growth and at the same time restraining the overhead and payroll costs.
It is vital for a company that is outsourcing services to ensure that they have strategies to manage the workers that are ...

List of Tables

List of Figures
Figure 1: Product Breakdown Structure for SST BI Phase I 9
Figure 2: Deliverables Typically Produced for Each PMBOK Knowledge Areas 12
Figure 3: Summary Gantt Chart for SST BI Phase 1 18

SCOPE MANAGEMENT

This section gives a high level description of the scope covered by this project. The items that are in scope have been allocated to either BPC or to SST.

STRATEGY

For the SST BI Phase I project, SST will outsource certain aspects of the development to Business Process consulting. These are mentioned in the scope definitions section of this document. BPC will work independently ...

Financial ratios are one of the tools that are applied in financial analysis. This is because they help an analyst in creating the overall image of an organization. This is achieved since the ratios provide insight on various aspects of the organization that includes profitability, cash flow ratios, debt ratios and profitability ratios. These ratios are instrumental in ensuring that the analyst understands the financial soundness of the firm before investing in it (Shim and Siegel, 2000). Although these ratios face various shortcomings, they are essential in providing a bird’s eye view of the company from an analytic angle ...

Executive Summary

Samsung is the largest company in the world in the Electronics segment. It has a hugely diversified product portfolio. However, the smartphone and mobile division accounts for the maximum profit and revenue of the company. It traditionally has dominated the Asian and East-Asian market with low cost to high cost range of mobile products. However, in recent times, Samsung is witnessing an increased difficulty in most of the markets. In China, it is losing market share to the domestic players like Xiaomi. In India, it is losing market share to Micromax and in Indonesia, to Mito.

Introduction

For a period of more ...

Enter Your University

This paper will address the different nuances of Health care company merger and acquisitions , specifically it will address the key financial drivers which prompt a merger, post merger analysis , financial planning in the post merger arena and the relevance of financial analysis in a healthcare organization. Finally the paper will address the current state of the healthcare system and what we can expect to see in the future.

Financial drivers that prompt mergers and acquisitions in Healthcare organizations.

Target company value: If the acquiring company feels that the target company to merge with is undervalued it would be a win fall for the former. Also from the perspective if the target company ...

Financial Analysis: United Health Inc.

Financial Ratios
Ratios are important tool of financial analysis that are primarily used by the analyst so as to know the pas trend in the financial performance of the company and also to unearth the real time financial position. However, analysts never base their decisions on just one set of ratios for conducting the financial analysis of the company, rather the following set of ratios is commonly used by them:
- Liquidity Ratios
- Profitability Ratios
- Solvency Ratios
- Efficiency Ratios

Ratio Analysis: United Health Care Inc.

In this section, we will conduct the financial analysis of the company ...

Part 2:

Introduction
The Capital Structure Propositions proposed by Nobel Laureates, Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller has a significant relevance even in the modern day financial theory. The propositions proposed by them are popularly known as MM Propositions which they proved under restrictive set of assumptions to counter the traditional approach of capital theory which states that there is always an optimum mix of capital structure for a firm that assists in attaining maximum value for it. The difference in the traditional approach and MM Propositions will be discussed in detail in the succeeding sections, while now we will explain the propositions ...

Introduction 3

Park Profile 4
PEST Analysis 4
Political Environment 4
Economic Environment 6
Social Environment 7
The Impact of Technology 7
Analysis of Space 8
Marketing mix 8
Areas of Improvement 9
Financial Considerations 10
Estimated Impact of the analyzed solutions 11
Conclusions 11

References 12

Introduction
Environmental protection is one of the hottest issues on the contemporary political and social agendas. Although this priority has been challenged by many countries, the need to preserve wildlife and restore the populations of endangered species has been recognized by the international community ...

Final project plan

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Information technology is an important aspect of business processes. There is a need to have information technologies put in place to ensure that the business processes that are included in the company. For these information systems to be integrated in the company there is a need to have the infrastructure of the company and the processes aligned and prepared for effective service delivery. There is a need to have infrastructure in place to make sure that the capacity of the new systems is supported. The information systems are required to ensure that the data flow and flow in the ...

Summer B

Group 45
John
Bill
Mary
Accounting
9th, November, 2013
Introduction:
Our company, XYZ Investments, is an asset management investment firm where we manage the portfolio of our clients on the basis of their differentiated preference for risk and return objectives. We, the three founders of this company, John, Bill and Mary have an extensive experience in investment industry and this report will target our client Mr.X for whom we are managing the portfolio of stock that include the following company:
- McDonalds
- Walt Disney
- South West
...

A research Proposal on whether or not Bankers’ bonuses are effective

Abstract
Finance management in organizations forms an integral part of the success that an organization enjoys and allocating it to viable projects is always a priority. Bankers’ bonuses form part of how finances in most organizations is spent and the need to award it to employees and the results it is likely to achieve for the organization and the employees. The viability of paying out bankers’ bonuses has had positive and negative effects on the financial position of firms and management is tasked with a duty to improve the financial strength of the organization. This leaves management with a dilemma of ...

Introduction:

Clearwater Technologies was formed by four MIT graduates. The Company deals in customer relationship management servers and focused on providing its services to small to medium sized companies only. The Company is operating in multiple products but QTX is the most successful product and major revenue earner for the company (Susan F. Sieloff and R. M. Kinnunen, 2007). QTX sales represent more than 50 percent of company’s total sales. Clearwater products are known for high reliability with life time technical support at no cost. As QTX is major revenue source for the company, the cash flows from the ...