Financial Management & Environmental Scanning Discussion

Please complete the assignment in the latest APA format.Select a major firm/organization (except PVH Corp) whose information you can gather easily.
Financial data should be as current as possible, i.e. not older than 2/3 years. Please include
sources such as Yahoofinance, Gurufocus, Morningstar and Nasdaq, among others.
1. Discuss the firm/organization in the context of the six forces considered in performing an
environmental scan. (12 points) (2-3 pages)
→Economic forces (interest rates, unemployment, exchange rates)
→ Sociological/cultural forces (group’s makeup, individual’s make up, gender, race, religion)
→ Political/legal forces (brexit/scotland, tariffs)
→Competitive forces (easily identifiable products, fierceness in the market)
→Technological forces (backend/frontend innovation, AI, digitization, robotic process
automation, i.e. RPA)
→Natural environmental forces (climate, pollution, sustainability)
2. Indicate the Beneisch M-Score and the Piotroski F-Score for the firm/organization
and explain their significance. (5 pts) (1-2 pages)
→These are gateway benchmark ratios
→Piotroski F-score (0 1 2 3 is weak) ( 4 5 6 is average) (7 8 9 strong) (tells us about strength)
→Beneisch M-score (lower than -2.22, they are not a manipulator)
3. Using the appropriate financial metrics, comment on the firm/organization’s liquidity.
Include the metrics in your discussion. (6 pts) (1-2 pages)
→Current ratio and quick ratio
4. Using the appropriate financial metrics, comment on the firm/organization’s asset
management. Include the metrics in your discussion. (6 pts) (1-2 pages)
→Receivables holding period, inventory holding period, total asset turnover
5. Using the appropriate financial metrics, comment on the firm/organization’s debt
management. Include the metrics in your discussion. (6 pts) (1-2 pages)
→Debt/equity ratio, times interest earned
6. Using the appropriate financial metrics, which were discussed in class, comment on the
firm/organization’s profitability. Include the metrics in your discussion. (6 pts) (1-2 pages)
→Net profit margin, return on equity
7. Using the appropriate financial metrics, comment on the firm/organization’s market-based
ratios. Include the metrics in your discussion. (6 pts) (1 page)
→Price/earnings, price/book
8. Using the appropriate financial metric, which was discussed in class, comment on the
firm/organization’s dividend policy. Include the metrics in your discussion. (4 pts) (1 page)
→Dividend yield – this is the dividend per share divided by market price per share
9. Construct the DuPont Identity for the firm/organization. Explain your results. (6 pts) (1-2
pages)
→Analyzing ROE in context of its primary contributing factors
→Net profit margin x total asset turnover x equity multiplier
10. Determine the MVA for the firm/organization and discuss the results. (4 pts) (1 page)
→MVA = market capitalization (market value per share x no. of shares) – stakeholders’ equity
11. Determine the EVA for the firm/organization and discuss the results. Discuss the results. (6
pts) (1-2 pages)
→EVA is the difference between working the money and paying for the use of money
→EVA = EBIT (1-t) – (investor supplied capital x cost of money)
→A negative number indicates the return was less than what it cost us to make
12. Determine the firm/organization’s free cash flow (FCF). Comment on the results. (6 pts) (1-2
pages)
→Amount of cash left after spending what is necessary to operate the business
→FCF = OCF – CAPEX – change in NOWC
→OCF is operating cash flow
→CAPEX is capital expenditure
→NOWC is net operating working capital
→Uses include: paying dividends, making A-typical investments, retiring debt, buyback stock
13. Discuss the overall financial health of the firm/organization. (7 pts) (1-2 pages)
14. After the final price is determined for the firm/organization, do you believe that this is
evidence of an efficient or inefficient market? (2 pts) (Half a page – 1 page)
15. Quality of writing, including citing sources; and organization of project. (8 pts)