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Company Name      Revenues 2004         Group Members

Chosen from Fortune 500                   In millions                                         (Scroll down)

           

Oil Companies

2  BP                                                $285,059

3  Exxon Mobil                                 $270,772

4  RoyalDutch/Shell Group             $268,690

11 Chevron                                      $147,967

12 ConocoPhillips                           $121,663

46 China National Petroleum          $  67,724

51 Pemex                                        $  63,691

94 Marathon Oil                               $  45,444

95 Statoil                                          $  45,440

 

Electronic Companies

23 Hitachi                                         $  83,994

25 Matsushita Electric Industrial     $  81,078

47 Sony                                            $  66,618

72 Toshiba                                       $  54,304

84 Dell                                              $  49,205

 

ACCT800 Project Group Members

Last Name First Name   Company
Gibson James   BP
Horak Craig   BP
Winzen Uwe   BP
Current Paul   Chevron
Mitchell Ivan   Chevron
Robertson Malcolm   Chevron
Finney Donald   ConocoPhillips
Mekonnen Tirhas   ConocoPhillips
Voelker Peter   ConocoPhillips
Huggins Matthew   Dell
Rosenberg Steven   Dell
Smith Robert   Dell
Brownell Comfort   Exxon Mobil
Howell Travis   Exxon Mobil
Romanowicz Ewa   Exxon Mobil
Wang Weitung   Exxon Mobil
Criel Daniel   Hitachi
Holt Danielle   Hitachi
Williams Kevin   Hitachi
Boyle Kevin   Marathon Oil
Mekulski Jeffrey   Marathon Oil
Money Jody   Marathon Oil
Chacko Saji   Shell 
Lauwers Christopher   Shell
Price William   Shell
Bolledula Shreedhar   Sony
Forbes Melissa   Sony
Wang Yiqun   Sony
Challa Padmini   Toshiba
Saxena Gaurav   Toshiba
Talukdar Sayantan   Toshiba

 

 

Introduction

*    Tell us about the company -- how long in business?  Subsidiaries?  Product specialties?   What do you find interesting?  Competitors?

*    Read the Chairman/President letters to investors for the last few years.  Provide insight.  And read the management letters too.

*    Challenges?  Management Concerns?  Your concerns? 

*    Litigation?

*    Growth Prospects?

 

 Section 2 – Proxy Statement Information  

*    Tell us about the Board of Directors. 

*    Compensation?  Independent? 

*    Compensation Committee and Audit Committee Members – Who are they?

*    Tell us about the Executive Compensation.

*    Break it down.   Analyze as a Percentage of Sales?  SG&A Expenses?  Net Income?  NOPAT?  

*    Seemingly justified?

Section 3 – Follow Module 3

          Ratio Analysis

Section 4 – Follow Module 4

          Analyze Operating Income

Section 5 – Follow Module 5

          Analyze Operating Assets

Section 6 – Follow Module 6

          Analyze Intercorporate Investments

50% of Exam 2

Due November 15th

Please use 1.5 spacing, font size 11 or 12

 

Section 7 – Follow Module 7

          Analyze Nonowner Financing

Section 8 – Follow Module 8

          Analyze Owner Financing

Section 9 – Follow Module 9

Analyze Off-Balance-Sheet Financing

Section 10 - Choose Two Contemporary Topics

       Discuss.  

Why is it important?  Explain/Discuss various Points of View. 

Does the topic relate to your firm?   If so, how? 

Section 10 – Conclusion.  

Provide an overall assessment of the firm, its transparency, challenges, integrity, and quality of earnings.

Would you recommend us to invest in this firm?

 

Presentations:  December 6 and 13, 2005.  100% Attendance Required.

Written Project Due - Final date:  December 13, 2005

       I encourage you to turn it in earlier.

       Turn in all sections, from beginning to end.

 

 

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