Research paper

  please find the below attachment, prepare this paper on COSTCO. Please follow all the instructions mentioned in the attachment along with citations and references. Follow APA guidelines. For ratio calculations use excel.   and please check the below attachment for my requirement.

BA 620-Managerial Finance
Group Project, Part 4

Group Project, Part 4
Group Project Part 4 is a summary of:
Group Project Part 1: Introduction and background
Group Project Part 2: Two Year Financial Analysis (Trend Analysis)
Group Project Part 3: Compare your company to industry/competitors (Cross Sectional Analysis)

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Ratios are compared to industry averages.
There are 14 to 16 common ratios grouped into 4 types.
Dun and Bradstreet and Robert Morris Associates give industry average ratios for hundreds of industries.
We will describe the types of ratios and focus on several important financial ratios.
Financial Statements 
1. Financial statements report a firm’s position at a point in time and on operations over some past period
2. Investors use financial statements to predict future earnings/dividends
3. Management uses financial statements to help anticipate future conditions and as starting point for planning actions that will affect future event
Financial ratios
1. Help evaluate a financial statement
2. Facilitate comparison of firms

Group Project, Part 4
Your Paper Should Include:
Introduction: Provide a general introduction to your paper. (0.5-1 page)
Trend Analysis: In this section, provide an analytical summary of Group Project, Part 2. Provide a brief discussion of each ratios you calculated. Comments on the trends.(1.5-2 pages)

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Ratios are compared to industry averages.
There are 14 to 16 common ratios grouped into 4 types.
Dun and Bradstreet and Robert Morris Associates give industry average ratios for hundreds of industries.
We will describe the types of ratios and focus on several important financial ratios.
Financial Statements 
1. Financial statements report a firm’s position at a point in time and on operations over some past period
2. Investors use financial statements to predict future earnings/dividends
3. Management uses financial statements to help anticipate future conditions and as starting point for planning actions that will affect future event
Financial ratios
1. Help evaluate a financial statement
2. Facilitate comparison of firms

Group Project, Part 4
Your Paper Should Include:
Cross Sectional Analysis: In this section, provide an analytical summary of Group Project, Part 3. Compare your company to industry/competitor. Your discussion should be focused on comparing your ratios to the industry ratio or to one of your competitors. (1.5-2 pages)

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Ratios are compared to industry averages.
There are 14 to 16 common ratios grouped into 4 types.
Dun and Bradstreet and Robert Morris Associates give industry average ratios for hundreds of industries.
We will describe the types of ratios and focus on several important financial ratios.
Financial Statements 
1. Financial statements report a firm’s position at a point in time and on operations over some past period
2. Investors use financial statements to predict future earnings/dividends
3. Management uses financial statements to help anticipate future conditions and as starting point for planning actions that will affect future event
Financial ratios
1. Help evaluate a financial statement
2. Facilitate comparison of firms

Group Project, Part 4
Your Paper Should Include:
Conclusion: In this section, provide an analytical summary of Group Project, Part 4. Compare your company to industry/competitor. Your discussion should be focused on comparing your ratios to the industry ratio or to one of your competitors. (1.5-2 pages)

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Ratios are compared to industry averages.
There are 14 to 16 common ratios grouped into 4 types.
Dun and Bradstreet and Robert Morris Associates give industry average ratios for hundreds of industries.
We will describe the types of ratios and focus on several important financial ratios.
Financial Statements 
1. Financial statements report a firm’s position at a point in time and on operations over some past period
2. Investors use financial statements to predict future earnings/dividends
3. Management uses financial statements to help anticipate future conditions and as starting point for planning actions that will affect future event
Financial ratios
1. Help evaluate a financial statement
2. Facilitate comparison of firms

Group Project, Part 4
Your Paper Should Include:
Reference: Provide a separate reference page. All work in your reference should be cited within the body of your work.

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Ratios are compared to industry averages.
There are 14 to 16 common ratios grouped into 4 types.
Dun and Bradstreet and Robert Morris Associates give industry average ratios for hundreds of industries.
We will describe the types of ratios and focus on several important financial ratios.
Financial Statements 
1. Financial statements report a firm’s position at a point in time and on operations over some past period
2. Investors use financial statements to predict future earnings/dividends
3. Management uses financial statements to help anticipate future conditions and as starting point for planning actions that will affect future event
Financial ratios
1. Help evaluate a financial statement
2. Facilitate comparison of firms

Group Project Part 4
Key Points to Earning Good Grade on Group Project, Part 4:
The report should be well written with cover page, introduction, the body of the paper (with appropriate subheadings), conclusion, and reference page. References must be appropriately cited. Format: Double-spaced, one-inch margins, using a 12-point Times New Roman font.

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Uses
1.      Managers – to help analyze, control, improve a firm’s operations
2.      Credit analysts – to help ascertain a company’s ability to pay its debts
3.      Stock analysts – to determine a company’s efficiency, risk and growth potential

Group Project Part 4
Key Points to Earning Good Grade on GP-2:
Organize your work: You will lose points if your paper is not organized as outline in this PPT
Provide Cover Page to include the class information, professor, group members who participated, and date. Include only the group members who participated.
Organize your work: Label each section/problem clearly.
Use APA throughout. Include appropriate in-text citations and references as needed.
Avoid copy-and-paste. High Turnitin score (greater than 25%) will be investigated and may result to zero grade.

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Uses
1.      Managers – to help analyze, control, improve a firm’s operations
2.      Credit analysts – to help ascertain a company’s ability to pay its debts
3.      Stock analysts – to determine a company’s efficiency, risk and growth potential