You are interested in investing in the shares and debentures of Public limited companies “ETISALAT”. as a prudent investor you need to critically assess the value, to a shareholder or debenture holder, of the information in the financial statement (attached2017 Etisalat annual report).
You are required to:
Take the most recent published financial statement of your organization “Etisalat” and :
1- Critically appraise what you see as the financial objectives of the organization and discuss hoe that satisfies your personal objectives.
2- critically appraise the role played by an accountant in ensuring the achievement of the financial objectives.
3- critically evaluate the contents of income statement, balance sheet and the cash flow statement as well as the information gathered by the stake holders from such statements.
4- critically assess the performance of the company by using appropriate accounting ratios and investment appraisal methods.
*please show calculation of minimum of 2 ratios
example:
– current ratio
– Acid test ratio
– profitability ratio
5- Analyze the relationship between the performance of the company and of its current share price.
* in here you need to see how the competitors doing
* look at 5 years trend wether share price went up or down and what was the impact.
6- attention should be given to the organization’s capital structure and its forward strategy. conclude by deciding with reasons, whether you should invest in the company.
– Recommendation
– Reference
– Appendix ( add all the statement used)
more info and financials of the company in the link below:
http://www.etisalat.com/en/ir/annualreports/annual-reports.jsp
