FIN 375 Week 4 LivePlan: Financial Ratios Paper Individual Assignment

In this assignment, you will analyze all of the financial statements you have created so far in LivePlan to determine the viability of the financial information.

You need to calculate the ratios found in the week 1 online lecture on ratio analysis.  It is located in the week 1 required materials section.  You may not be able to calculate all eight ratios due to lack of information.  However you should be able to calculate the following ratios as a minimum:  Gross profit margin, Operating margin, Profit margin and return on assets.

Please include a table listing the three years of ratios you calculated.

Login to your LivePlan account.

Select the Plan tab within LivePlan, and then select the “Financial Plan” and “Appendix” chapters on the left-hand side menu. The arrow to the right of each chapter will expand or contract the sections within the chapter.

Review the financial information that you have entered so far in your business plan. You will be using this information to complete your Financial Ratios Paper. If necessary, makeadditional edits to these sections by updating the financial information listed on the Forecast tab.

Write a minimum 750-word paper using information from the “Financial Plan” and “Appendix” sections of your LivePlan Business Plan. Be sure to address the following in your paper:

1. Analyze the profitability, liquidity, debt management, and asset management of your company.
2. Compute profitability, liquidity, debt management, and asset management; and discuss the strengths and weaknesses shown using these computations.  This analysis should be done by calculating the business ratios found in the week  1 online lecture Ratio Analysis.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Please carefully study and follow the Individual Paper Rubric located on the right.