Stock Analysis
APPLE INC. Stock Analysis
FIN 534
Ganduulga Shuree
Instructor: Thomas Alexander
Strayer University – Arlington Campus
2012
Table of Content
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………... 3
Methodology…………………………………………………………………………… 3
Descriptive Statistics and Financial Analysis ……………………………………….. 4
Analysis of Stock Price ………………………………………………………………... 5
Financial Statement Analysis …………………………………………………………. 9
Ratio Analysis …………………………………………………………………………... 10
Risk Analysis …………………………………………………………………………… 10-11
Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………… 11
Appendix I,II,III ……………………………………………………………………….. 12-19
Introduction
Overall, Apple Inc. is pile of cash, great innovative products, and steady management. Apple has been a great investment with no downside as most of the analysts say. The organization is healthy in terms of management, finance and creativity. On IT field they are far beyond than their competitive and there are still more room to expand in the future.
In this assignment I have chosen Apple Inc. to analyze its stock rate and financial statements. The numerical data (APPENDIX I) reflects to the Apple’s stock rate on NYSE from January 18-th to March 2-nd. Data used for this analysis is collected from Yahoo Finance and all the graphs, tables and analytical works are done on Microsoft Excel 2007 by using the Open, High, Low, Close rate of the stock. By researching and evaluating past (2 months) and current data allows me to have proximate idea about the stock trend and would help me to gain informed predictions. Apple Inc.’s business model is completely phenomenon and it might be the only preeminent IT company in the world. Therefore, it was interesting to study how their stock rate fluctuates.
Methodology
This section of my analysis includes descriptive statistics, charts, tables, correlation analysis, ration analysis and financial statement analysis during the period of which the data is collected. Moreover, I’ve
FIN 534
Ganduulga Shuree
Instructor: Thomas Alexander
Strayer University – Arlington Campus
2012
Table of Content
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………... 3
Methodology…………………………………………………………………………… 3
Descriptive Statistics and Financial Analysis ……………………………………….. 4
Analysis of Stock Price ………………………………………………………………... 5
Financial Statement Analysis …………………………………………………………. 9
Ratio Analysis …………………………………………………………………………... 10
Risk Analysis …………………………………………………………………………… 10-11
Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………… 11
Appendix I,II,III ……………………………………………………………………….. 12-19
Introduction
Overall, Apple Inc. is pile of cash, great innovative products, and steady management. Apple has been a great investment with no downside as most of the analysts say. The organization is healthy in terms of management, finance and creativity. On IT field they are far beyond than their competitive and there are still more room to expand in the future.
In this assignment I have chosen Apple Inc. to analyze its stock rate and financial statements. The numerical data (APPENDIX I) reflects to the Apple’s stock rate on NYSE from January 18-th to March 2-nd. Data used for this analysis is collected from Yahoo Finance and all the graphs, tables and analytical works are done on Microsoft Excel 2007 by using the Open, High, Low, Close rate of the stock. By researching and evaluating past (2 months) and current data allows me to have proximate idea about the stock trend and would help me to gain informed predictions. Apple Inc.’s business model is completely phenomenon and it might be the only preeminent IT company in the world. Therefore, it was interesting to study how their stock rate fluctuates.
Methodology
This section of my analysis includes descriptive statistics, charts, tables, correlation analysis, ration analysis and financial statement analysis during the period of which the data is collected. Moreover, I’ve