This Portfolio Project has two parts: Calculations due this week in Module 7 and a 4- to 6-page essay due next week in module 8. While the calculation requirements of this assignment are important, equally important are your discussion and analysis of the quantitative results. You will submit two documents: 1) a spreadsheet containing your horizontal and vertical analysis (and perhaps your ratios) in Module 7 and 2) a word document containing your essay in Module 8.You will submit both parts separately. See the Portfolio Project Part One and Part Two grading rubrics, located in the Module 7 and Module 8 folders.

Directions:

For this assignment you will select to work on EITHER Polaris or Arctic Cat. Depending on which you choose, access the firm’s financial statements for fiscal years ending after December 31, 2014, from the firm’s website (Polaris.com & Arcticcat.com) or the SEC database (www.sec.gov). Use the most current 10K statements available on SEC or annual statements inYahoo Finance. Complete the following for your chosen firm (Polaris or Artic Cat) in an Excel spreadsheet:

Much of this course has concentrated on learning the financial statements, primarily because there was not an accounting prerequisite. Because of this concentration, you may find this assignment challenging. However, if you understand the financial statements, then the horizontal and vertical analysis should be rather intuitive. For example, if you see sales rise by 20%, then shouldn’t you also see net income rise by 20% or more if the managers are effective at controlling costs?  If you see sales rise by 20% and assets rise by 40%, you have to ask why this is happening. It would appear that assets have risen too far given the sales that are generated from those assets—why did this occur? You may have to research that type of question and discuss it in your analysis. 

Review this video:Demonstration of Vertical/Horizontal Analysis using Excel, which demonstrates the completion of vertical and horizontal analysis on Nike using Excel.  Dr. Jill Bale, the course writer, demonstrates the use of Excel equations and discusses some of the issues you may face when working on the spreadsheet for your portfolio project.  If you would like some additional guidance on the spreadsheet requirement of the portfolio project, please watch the video.  Note that the video does not discuss adding the 8 required ratios to your spreadsheet; however, you are required to submit your company ratios on this spreadsheet as well as the vertical/horizontal analysis.  As always, your instructor is available for follow-up questions.

You’ve had some experience with financial ratios through the Discussion Board.  Your instructor  suggests that you start your ratio analysis with the four ratios found in the DuPont equation. If you discover a weakness in one component of the DuPont ratios, then it would make sense to look at ratios that are closely related to the troublesome ratio. For example, if you discover that the asset turnover is declining over time, then take a look at some related ratios such as the inventory turnover rate or the average collection period. If you discover that the equity multMicroeconomics,Business & Finance,,

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