Reference no: EM133307358
Global Financial Management
Outline
You have recently been employed as an investment analyst to examine Australian stocks by Newcastle GMBA Investment Group. The firm is particularly interested in undertaking research with respect to the following listed Australian companies:
- APA Group (ASX Code: APA)
- BHP Group Ltd (BHP)
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- CSL Ltd (CSL)
- Goodman Group (GMG)
- Telstra Corporation Ltd (TLS)
- Transurban Group (TCL)
- Wesfarmers Ltd (WES)
- Wisetech Global Ltd (WTC)
- Woodside Energy Group LTD (WDS)
- Woolworths Group Ltd (WOW)
As a starter in the investment firm, your primary role is to assist a senior financial analyst by collecting and analysing relevant company-specific and market data for one of the above companies. You should prepare an analyst report for the company that you select.
The report should contain the following sections:
- An executive summary that provides a trade recommendation on the firm and is logically supported by the highlights from each of the section of the report.
- A brief overview of the firm's operations and a summary of the most recent financial results and keys news from this year.
- A discussion of risks that may affect the firm. The risks should be classified into unexpected yet possible macroeconomic, industry and firm-specific events that may affect the firm's future cash flows and hence share price.
- Calculate a fair value for the stock. To undertake this valuation, students should collect or measure firm financial performance, forecast future performance and provide a valuation using the dividend discount model. All inputs and estimates need to be justified.
The maximum word count for this assignment is 2000 words. Students will be penalised for breaches of this word limit. Students should allocate their word limit accordingly (e.g., Executive summary - up to 300 words; Company overview - up to 300 words; Risk analysis - up to 700 words; Valuation - up to 700 words).
You are expected to use publicly available information to complete the assignment. There are a range of possible sources of data that can be used, but the list below provides a summary of recommended sources:
Company annual reports
Company website
Market Index, provides company profile, announcements, stock prices, dividend history, management information, director transactions, valuation ratios and other key statistics.
Yahoo Finance, provides company profile, stock prices, valuation ratios and other key statistics.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provide macroeconomic and financial market data.