Financial Statement Analysis UG043
COLLEGE OF BANKING AND FINANCIAL STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME
B.Sc. in Accounting, Auditing and Finance
ASSIGNMENT BRIEF – Individual Assignment
Weightage: 20%
Student Names and St Number
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Semester | 6 | Fall 2020-21 |
Assignment Title |
Financial Statement Analysis
UG043 |
Module |
Financial statement analysis | Assessor: | Dr. Niranjan Shetty |
Start Date: | 28th Oct 2020 | Internal Verifier | Mr. Gnanendran |
Due Date: | Formative Submission: 18th Nov 2020
Summative Submission: 28th Nov 2020 |
Required Work, Format and Grading |
You must submit the following by the assignment due date:
§ Answer all questions separately. § Assignments without TURNITIN report will not be accepted.
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Resources:
You need to demonstrate a confident application of the theories to the assignment task. The theoretical underpinning of your observations and deliberations should also demonstrate a good understanding of the subject by the way that your analysis is structured.
You can access the Internet to research about the topic. You should demonstrate good academic practice by the appropriate use of academic texts and journals that are properly referenced. |
Guidelines and further information about assignment: |
Assignment must be submitted with the “Turnitin” report. If the report generated indicates a similarity index percentage of 20% or more, a review of your assignment is necessary to ensure the same is reduced to less than 20%. |
Student declaration:
I certify that the work in this assignment is researched and prepared by me.
Signature: ___________________________ Date: ___________________
The user ID and Password for submitting the soft copy of the report through TURNITIN is as follows:
CLASS ID: 27025973
TURNITIN KEY: FSAFALL20-21
Submission time and date
You should submit the assignment by the time and date mentioned, otherwise a ‘NA’ will be awarded. Fill in the form cover and attach it with your assignment. Make sure that all the relevant details are complete. Assignments must be submitted by the due date. You may include diagrams, figures etc without word penalty.
Plagiarism Writing
Summary
- Plagiarism occurs if you use somebody else’s work in an assignment or exam answer, but fail to state from where you got the material. You need to be also very careful about the amount of words you are using from somebody else’s work.
- It can happen in any type of assessment where you are given the questions or tasks in advance.
- If another student uses your work in his/her answer(s), both you and he/she will be punished when caught.
- Punishments for committing plagiarism can be very severe.
Details
Plagiarism is a form of cheating in which students use the work of others and present it as their own. It may include all or any one of the following –
- Copy extensively from the work of others (from sources such as books, magazines, journal, web sites etc.) and submit the work as your own.
- Copy another students’ work and submit it for assessment under your own name.
- Allow another student to copy your work and then submit it for assessment under his or her own name.
What happens if you get caught?
The examining body of CBFS may punish offending students in any manner that they deem fit. Typical punishments may range from reduction in grades, making students re-sit modules and even failing students on a module or an entire award. The college considers this form of cheating as a serious offence. Therefore, be forewarned!
Scenario or Task
Obtain the published financial statements of a public quoted company in Oman for the last three (03) years. Study the overall financial performance of that company over that period. In addition, compare the performance of this organization with that of its competitor as well the general industry standards of performance (if available). Evaluate the performance of the organization chosen not only from a financial perspective, but also from other ‘non-financial perspective’ as well.
Based on your analysis and findings, prepare a report of your findings. Your report should start with a brief introduction about the company and the relevant industry. The body of your report should essentially be a more detailed analysis of relevant ratios with a commentary of your findings. The word count should be 2000 to 2500 words. Strictly not permitted to exceed more than 2500-word limit.
This is an individual assignment.
Marking scheme:
Introduction | 1 mark |
A very brief introduction about the company and the relevant industry | 4 marks |
Financial analysis of the company’s performance (3 years) | 5 marks |
Non-financial analysis of the company chosen | 3 marks |
Industry / competitor analysis in terms of financial performance | 3 marks |
Commentary of your findings, red flags Conclusion | 3 marks |
Conclusion | 1mark |
TOTAL = | 20 marks |
Instructions to candidates:
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- Write your name and put your signature in the boxes at the top of this page.
- You should write your answers clearly and show relevant workings.
- Use Times Roman / Arial font of 12 size, 1 ½ spacing.
- Downloading information and pasting, it in assignment is prohibited.
- Plagiarism is an academic offence. Avoid plagiarism.
- Should be 2000 to 2500 words. Strictly not permitted to exceed more than 2500 word limit
- Draft checking is allowed only once.
- The name of the file must be same of the student submitting it in the turnitin
- The file submitted in the turnitn must contain the name & St. No. of the student.
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