Businesses of all kinds are required to provide financial statements as part of their

annual reports. Although university/college graduates are not expected to

understand all components of the annual report, it is important that students

understand the key financial statements and how they can inform a variety of

stakeholders of the state of the business.

Your task is to conduct financial statement analysis on three (3) companies and

write a 1,200 report summarising the key findings. For each company, you are

required to analyse from an investor’s perspective. Your report must include:

• Introduction: An introduction that addresses the general importance of

financial statement analysis. (100 words)

• Body: An analysis of each company: Coles and two companies of your

choosing (300 words each = 900 words in total)

• Recommendation: A recommendation for which of the three (3)

companies you would invest in and why. (100 words)