Stock Exchange Reports Samples For Students

Introduction

The economy of Qatar is primarily dependent on petroleum and liquefied natural gas. These contribute to over 70% of the total revenues to the government (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). In fact, Qatar is the third largest exporter of natural gas in the world (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016). For the progress of any economy, the financial sector is the backbone. It provides the financial resources for companies to expand and hence contribute to overall growth of the economy. In the current study we look at the financial markets and institutions operating in Qatar. The report provides an overview of ...

This paper presents profitability analysis of two companies listed and active in the London Stock Exchange. The two companies selected for the analysis include Premier Oil PLC trading under the ticker symbol PMO and Genel Energy PLC falling under the ticker symbol GENL in the exchange. The two companies fall under the Oil and Gas Producer main market segment of the London Stock Exchange. At the time of presenting this report, GENL traded at a price of 97.50p with a 52-week range of 71.75p to 441.00p. On the other hand, the MPS of Premier Oil PLC was at 63.50p ...

Introduction

Investment and risk are the two sides of a same picture, and there are no two ways to find the close relationship of both of these variables in a perfect manner (Anderson & Styan, 1990). The tradeoff of investment and risk is highly effective for an investor, because an investor would be more cautious about the association and addressing of risk, rather than of yield. Risk or deviation can also be termed as volatility in the field of finance, and the computation related to the same would be extremely critical.
During the current global financial crisis (GFC), there were numerous indexes ...

Table of Contents

Monetary Authorities..

Central Bank of Sweden (Riksbank).

UC AB, the Swedish Business and Credit Agency...

Association of Commercial Banks of Sweden.

Direct and Indirect Exchange Rates between Swedish krona and other countries..

Stockholm Stock Exchange...

References.

Currency of Sweden
Sweden was the second country after Germany to join the EU in 1995, but it did not become a member of the euro area due to limitations in its political regime. The national Swedish currency is krona. One krona consists of 100 öre. ISO 4217 code of the currency is SEK, symbol - kr. To find out more about ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The major points in this report regard ideas on viable investment ventures. The investment idea will be that of a turnaround of a company in the United States of America. The United States of America has one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world (Arnest 2011). The stock exchange markets in this country have attracted potential investors from all over the world. Investment in stocks has integrated many investors into one big market where shares and bonds are bought. More so, in these markets, there has been exchange of financial assets from one person to another. This has enabled ...

Abstract

The following report describes different sources of capital a company may use in order to finance its operations and investing activities. In particular, it analyses debt financing (bonds and direct bank loans) and equity financing (Venture Capitalist Investments, Initial Public Offering, Seasoned Equity Offering and Rights Offering). Report also analyses recent IPO of Manchester United Football Club at New York Stock Exchange as a practical example of raising capital.

Sources of Capital

The impact and the importance of financing in modern business world could not be underestimated. Globalization and increasing competition have forced companies to explore new markets and offer new innovative products. According ...

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Takeover of SABMiller

The global beer industry, which has been growing steadily for almost a century now, is filled with variety. There are many types of beer that vary in flavor, production technique, ingredients, color, alcohol levels, and geographic origin. Also, the many brands vary greatly as well. Some brands dominate global beer markets, while other brands are very local - and everything in between. Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller were two of the largest global dominating beermaker companies in existence. Together, they produced around 30% of all beer sold world-wide. The idea of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller merging was simply astonishing. When ...

Abstract

In this document, strategic analysis of the two selected industries from the London Stock Exchange for the period January 2015 to December 2015 is presented. 530 and 570 that are Pharmaceutical and Energy Exploration Sector. The second part of this report shares analysis and interpretation of the monthly capital using descriptive analytic and trend analysis. Moreover, business forecasting is done using regression analysis. After seeing the trend lines for market capitalization of the both sectors, it can be seen that the pharmaceutical industry had relatively higher market capitalization average during the period. On the other hand, the market capitalization ...

Abstract

The above paper appreciates the fact that most organizations go through difficult economic times and require effective working capital management. Moreover, the study recognizes the fact that inefficient management of the same has adverse effects on the financial performance of the business. Therefore, financial managers have an obligation to maintain a balance in liquidity as one approach to enhance the profitability of the firm. To achieve the study objective, the paper utilizes an efficient research design, which is believed to assist the business in achieving its set purpose. The study seeks to use data from three companies (Coca-Cola, Barclays ...

Russia is vulnerable to disruptive terms of trade because of its dependency on oil. Because of fluctuating oil prices, sluggish domestic demands, weak external environment and high rate of inflation, Russia’s economic growth declined in the year 2012 to 3.4 percent, and it is projected to be constant in 2013. Capital outflows in the Russia are expected to increase while debt ratios are expected to be favorable.
Russia is a large size economy and its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate is 3.4 percent. The adjusted dollar terms of the GDP, purchasing power and income per capita is $ ...

Procter and Gamble was founded in 1837 when two men, William Proctor and James Gamble joined to form a partnership. William proctor an emigrant from England specialized in candle making while James Gambler was from Ireland and specialized in soap making. Both marrying two sisters brought about their union. Alexander Norris, also a soap maker and their father –in-law suggested to them to form a business partnership. They agreed to contribute $7,192.24 on a fifty –fifty basis, Proctor, and Gamble was Born. The two products were easier to produce together since they both used the same raw materials (P&G, 2013)
The ...

The Development of Telstra

Introduction
The Australian telecommunication market is currently shared between three main players with the key player being Telstra, an Australian premier telecommunication company with perhaps one of the richest history in light of telecommunications companies in the world. Even though there is a paucity of information touching on the development of the Telstra, and its history, it is indubitable that there are several factors that the role played in formation of the company; factors that if complied proficiently, gives a clear picture of the history of the Telstra. This papers aims at compiling information about the development of Telstra.

Background of Telstra

As ...

Rolls Royce Group is a public limited company that is listed in the Financial Times London stock exchange. Rolls Royce manufactures power systems which incorporates the manufacture of aircraft engines in conjunction with general electric. The company also manufactures a number of power systems in the energy sector alongside systems used in marine propulsion. Rolls Royce is currently the world’s largest manufacturer of aircrafts engines together with the general electric. Also, it is a significant contractor with the defense forces where it operates and oversees defense related activities. This is clearly depicted by the widespread use of aircraft engines manufactured by ...

Executive Summary

Fundamental analyses of company shares involve the review of the financial aspects of a company and generate metrics, such as the price and book value of a security or the enterprise value and the EBITDA to value of a stock. Conversely, the technical analysis of a company shares involves the valuing of company shares on the historical information about pricing and volume. In this analysis several assumptions are used: the market value is taken to reflect the demand and supply of the security, the demand and supply are driven by factors such as economic and information analysis which are rational and speculations which ...

Canada is the second leading nation in the globe in geographic size following Russia. Canada has an all-inclusive system of external and internal communications. This system is a combination private and public ownership. A complete transport network by water, air and land provides access for services and goods to all parts of the country (waters, Malcolm, 8).
The Legal / Political / Regulatory Environment are basically be described as the regulations and laws that an industry follow in order to ensure the business owners are not detained, or have their firms fined for nonconformity of some guideline.
Canada ...

Compass Group plc

Compass Group plc is a multinational company dealing with contract food service, support management, cleaning management and property management. It is a British multinational company with headquarter located in the compass house along Chertsey Surrey. Compass Group Company is the largest contract food service organization in the world. The company operates in more than fifty countries across the entire world. The company offers different food services in different locations and institutions such as the hospitals, cultural venues, offshore oil platforms, major sports, schools, offices, mining camps and various universities. The company has several shares and is very active in ...

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.: Financial Ratio Analysis

Introduction
Financial ratios divulge valuable information to the management of a firm that guides them in making significant operational and strategic decisions for their organizations. Financial ratio analysis is a significant technique that is used to analyze financial statements. Accounting ratios are a source of valuable information that helps the management of a firm to understand the financial state of their companies and be able to formulate strategies that will help them achieve the desired financial goals. Activity ratios, for instance, are used to judge the efficiency of the firm in using various assets that it has to generate ...

(Excel Maritime Company)
1 Introduction
According to Albertijn et al. (2011), the maximization of the shareholders’ wealth depends on the type of capital structure employed by the company. As defined by Ali, Salleh and Hassan, (2010), the capital structure is how an entity funds its operations and expansion using the various sources of funding available in the market. The capital structure of a company can comprise of equity, debt or a mix or both. The maritime companies listed on the New York Stock exchange can either be funded by equity, debt or a mixture of debt and equity based ...

The United States of America Maritime company under consideration is the company Matson, Inc. The most important companies of maritime transport of the world have headquarters outside the United States of America. A.P. Moller-Maersk is the most important company in the world according to its annual transport capacity of 2.8 million twenty-foot containers, its headquarters are in Copenhagen, Denmark. The second company is Mediterranean Shipping Company from Geneva, Switzerland with a capacity of 2.4 million twenty-foot containers. The third company is CMA CGM from Paris, France with a capacity of 1.6 million twenty-foot containers (Moggomcom, 2015).
Matson Inc. is ...

Executive Summary

The report has been developed to evaluate and assess the different sources of finance available to a sports organisation of the likes of Manchester United. In the report, various finance sources have been analysed for the organisation and the incumbent sources being utilized by it. The report has also outlined recommendation of which source of finance should the organisation utilize in accordance with their suitability.

Introduction

Manchester United is one of the most popular soccer teams of United Kingdom with its headquarters in Old Trafford, Manchester. Manchester United was founded in 1878 and listed for New York Stock Exchange in ...

Executive summary

The report is meant to select and analyse stocks to invest in among the FTSE 100 companies. This involves analysing the expected performance of the stock exchange and FTSE 100 companies for the next five years and the influence of the general economy on such. It analyses the past performance of three companies in different industries and predict their performances in the next five years. The report also applies the concepts of portfolio theory, diversification and risk-return trade-off to create a portfolio. Analysis of economic factors indicates that the LSE will experience growth in the next five years. The ...

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 ...

An Australian company opening an independent clothing company in Indonesia

Introduction: I was asked by the management of the company to represent the report on the proposal of opening the new clothing company in Indonesia. This report covers some main and vital issues to be considered before making any decision.

Report:

Financial Risks in Indonesia: Investments in Indonesia will bring a higher rate of financial risks as compared to any other developed country such as China or Japan. The reasons behind this financial risk are the inflation rate, level of corruption and the shortage of required labor. Opening of an independent clothing company in Indonesia will be required to have a massive ...

Britvic Company Financial Analysis:

Introduction:
With operations in prominent countries of Europe like the Great Britain, Ireland and France, Britvic is renowned as one of the leading soft drink companies in the whole of Europe (Marketwatch.com, 2014).
The Company has been able and successful in setting up a definite portfolio across the markets where it operates. The brands of the Company that have captured its own market include Robinsons, Tango, J2O, drench, MiWadi, Ballygowan, Teisseire and Fruité. The Company also produces and sells famous drinks of PepsiCo Company such as Pepsi, 7UP and Mountain Dew Energy, in Britain and Ireland, as per ...

Internal Controls

Internal Controls

Report

Introduction: I was asked by the president of LJB Company to write a report on the current internal control measures of LJB Company and required internal control measures after becoming public company.

Main Report:

New internal controls requirements
The internal controls of public company or listed companies play an important role in the integrity, professionalism and the compliance of corporate governance codes. According to the corporate governance codes, it is very important for the public companies to have proper and legitimate internal control department. The internal control department is also known as internal audit department. Due to the interest ...

Resource-Based View Analysis

Physical analysis
Husky Energy Inc. is omong one of Canada's biggest incorporated vitality organizations, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It is merchandized on an open market on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the images HSE and Hse.pr.a. The Company works in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific Region, with Upstream and Downstream business sections. Husky Energy is controlled by Hong Kong elite rich person Li Ka-Shing who possesses a larger part imparts of more or less 70% as per Bloomberg and Financial Post information. Husky's establishment is in Heavy Oil and Western Canada, where it ...

Introduction

Financial statements are documents that public companies or corporations create and publish for the benefit of current investors and shareholders, and also for the benefit of people who may want to invest in that particular public company in the future. There are a lot of things that can be obtain and or analyze in a financial statement. For instance, a fund manager looking for a company that has a high level of and consistent growth rate may be able to determine whether any particular company listed in the New York Stock Exchange has had this feature by simply looking at any one company’s ...

Introduction to Accounting: Debenhams and H&M

Introduction
Inevitably, the circle of an organization is extremely broad in which there are certain things talks about. Organization is known as a place, wherein people belong to different demographic work together for the achievement of a single and pre-specified goal in total. When it comes to corporations, then there are certain decisions which have to be undertaking for the achievement of the goal effectively.
Organizations have a traditional approach to tackle with different things and issues in total and with the help of traditional approaches, organizations would certainly increase their financial belongings in total (BRIGHAM, 2013, pp. 172-182). It ...

(Topic of the paper)

Introduction:

Our analysis of a company listed on US Stock Exchange is based on Starbucks Corporation, while for with the competitor within same industry, we shall be analyzing financial statements of Dunkin Donuts.

Starbucks Corporation is a leading marketer and retailer of coffee, having its outlets in 60 countries around the world. The stock of the company is listed on NASDAQ Stock Exchange with the tick symbol of ‘’SBUX’’. Apart from selling coffee, the company is also involved in tea, beverages and variety of fresh food items. Today, Starbucks is a leading and most recognized coffee brand in the ...

Introduction

JPMorgan Chase Bank was opened in 1799 as the Bank of Manhattan. Currently, the bank has spread its operations in almost all the corners of the world (85 countries to be specific) and employs a staff of approximately 260,965. It has more than five thousand one hundred branches and sixteen thousand one hundred ATMs nationwide. Chase currently has $2.509 trillion assets.
JPMorgan Chase Bank is one of the oldest, biggest and most popular financial institutions all over the world. Its legacy dates back to the year 1799 when the earliest predecessor of the bank was chartered in the ...

Introduction:

The concern and financial objectives of the old lady can be met on the basis of a sound financial plan. The lady is investing her money in saving bank account but because of really low interest rates, she is now preferring her investment in ABC supermarket which she considers good for her portfolio.
Another consideration that cannot be overlooked is her concern for dividends as the lady relies on regular income. Thus my decision at then end will be based on sound financial considerations and objectives of the old lady where i shall be comapring current situation in supermarket industry ...

Management- Organisational Analysis Report

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The objective of this study is to evaluate an Australian organisation with over 100 employees. The organisation that has been selected for the evaluation is ‘BHP Billiton’. The central theme of this study is to diagnose BHP’s structure, human resource and symbolic frame.
The structure frame focuses on revealing the organisational chart. Through the organisational chart, the complexity along with the organisational level has been evaluated within the study. The study also encompasses the coordination of activities within the organisation, while identifying the coordination mechanism within the organisation.
The human resource frame entails ...

Report Based On Published Cases

Executive Summary
This paper limits itself to the discussion on the sustainability of competitive strategies employed by three distinct companies including Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard (HP), and PepsiCo. The paper offers an analysis on the competitive strategies, which are evidently employed by the above connoted companies during their day to day operations. Furthermore, the paper examines the sustainability of these strategies. This is because unsustainable strategies limit the competitiveness of these strategies; hence, may result in the eventual failure to thrive by any given organization. On another note, the paper offers a theoretical analysis on the reasons that leverage the attainment ...

Introduction

BHP is a multinational company in Australia which deals with mining and petroleum. It has its headquarters at Melbourne, Australia and it also has a major management office in London, United Kingdom. According to the revenue measured by 2011, it was the largest mining company in the world. And as per February 2011, it was the third-largest company according to the market capitalization.
As the history goes, BHP Billiton Company was formed in the year 2001 when two companies formed a merger. The two companies were; Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) from Australia and the Anglo–Dutch Billiton plc. Since ...

Abstract

Implementation of information systems involves a lot of processes that should be taken into consideration. Implementation of large scale information systems requires that care be taken so that the benefits that were initially sought are achieved. Grid computing is now making it possible to share resources which are not used. It has made it possible to have computer nodes which are idle in some location away and use their processing power. This is the power of grid computing. This paper will look at the implementation issues that arise with the implementation of grid computing by Synergy Finance Solutions. It will ...

Introduction

This report aims at evaluating the financial statements of Xstrata plc. In light of its corporate objectives and the industry practises and performance. To achieve this, this report provides a brief history of Xstrata and analysis of sources of finance, gearing and dividend policies. This report primarily relied on Xstrata financial statements for the last five years; 2007,2008,2009,2010 and 2011.

Xstrata Plc. is a multininational company in the minning industry which is listed in the London Stock Exchange and is part of the FTSE 100 index. It has its headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, however, it has another registered ...

There have been deliberate steps in Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland to attract foreign direct investment. As a member of the EU, the political and legislative climate has been favorable to multinational investors. Countries in emerging markets in Asia have also been receiving a lot of attention due to the low labor costs in the region. However, the governments have not taken certain steps to create a welcoming climate when it comes to taxation and corporate governance.

Introduction

The location of the country that a multinational company chooses to invest in is critical. There are certain risks in foreign markets such ...

Small and Institutional Investors in Stock Exchange

Small investors refer to individuals and retail traders who buy and sell stock for short periods of time. The institutional investors on the other hand refers to mutual fund holders, corporations and other big companies that buy stocks and hold them for longer periods of time more than the small investors. The institutional investors have more pressure to make high profits in the stock exchange for their clients. They also have a higher risk capacity than the small investors.
The institutional investors have several advantages over the individual investors. First of all they have the information advantage. They have ...

The Members of the Board of Directors of Tesco Corporation consists of persons that meet the standards of independence required of TESCO by law, regulations and the stock exchange listing requirement. The board is responsible for the management of the business and affairs of TESCO. It oversees the stewardship of TESCO and its operations. The board oversees the executive management of the company, which includes the daily operations; reviews the identified principal risks; and review the systems designed to manage these risks. Currently, the board consists of 16 members. The qualifications, experience, and the suitability of the members in ...

The Australian stock exchange has been established to economically assist the investors by bring to together in one market the investors who have the capital and the companies in need of capital in a highly liquid and well regulated market. In this case the companies are assisted to raise capital while the investors are given the chance to create and accumulate their wealth. Investors have a pool of more than 2000 listed companies to invest in. Amcor ltd, APA ltd, amp ltd, ASX ltd, Asciano ltd and Suncorp ltd are some of the companies listed in the ASX; each operates in ...