In Week 5, you will need to prepare a Powerpoint
presentation and post it to the SEC Discussion forum set up for that purpose.
The Powerpoint slides (final version) is due in Week 7.
Your Powerpoint Slide Presentation should have a maximum
of 8 slides including the Title slide and References slide. The slides should
include the following items.
1.     Title slide. Course Name, Number and Section,
Instructor’s Name, Assignment Name (Including Name of your Assigned Company),
Date, Your Name
2.     Introduce your company. Show at least 3 bullets,
telling things like company history, type of business, founder(s). This slide
must say what the core business is, even if your company is a household name! Please do not copy and paste passages from
the company’s website or other sources. Use your own words. Remember to keep
your bulleted information brief.
3.     Provide demographic information. Examples are the
geographic markets served, number of stores/manufacturing facilities, other
countries the company operates in. You could also mention if the company has a
large online retail presence. If your company is a manufacturer, your customers
are not consumers! Choose 3 or 4 items you think are important for your
company.
4.     Information from the Income Statement. Tell what
total revenues (Sales) were, largest expense (should be Cost of Goods Sold, or
Cost of Sales), and Net income. Calculate Profit Margin. That is Net Income/Revenues. This is expressed as a
percentage. For instance, NI of $12 million and Revenues of $200 million gives
a profit margin of .06, or 6%. Note – Profit margin is not the same as gross profit percentage!
5.     Information from the Balance Sheet. Tell what total
Assets were. Tell what total Owners’ Equity was. Report total liabilities. You
might need to calculate total liabilities, as that amount is not always
explicitly reported on the balance sheet.
6.     Concluding Slide. Tell if you think your company has
a bright future or not, and tell why.
7.    
References Slide. This should have, at a minimum the
link to your company’s 10-K and the company’s website.
Remember
your zeroes! You should express large dollar amounts in the millions or
billions. If an amount is greater than $999 million (i.e., $1,000 million),
then it should be reported in the billions (e.g., $1 billion)