MGT 325 : Finance for Managers Writing Assignment? Guidelines? Select a publicly traded company that trad

MGT 325

: Finance for Managers

Writing Assignment 

Guidelines 

Select a publicly traded company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or on the 

NASDAQ to analyze. Please note that it is usually easier to find more recent information 

on larger or well

–

known companies. The analysis in your essay should answer the following questions:



Why did you choose to analyze this company?



What were the opinions of some of your referenced articles on this stock as an investment? 

Please note that it

is best if there is at least some disagreement on this question.



Is an investment in the stock a higher or lower risk investment than an investment in other stocks 

as a whole? Why or why not?



How large is the company in relation to its competitors?



How fa

st is the company growing?



How profitable is the company?



What is the company’s price

–

to

–

earnings ratio? What does this tell you about the company?



Does it have a dividend? If so, what is the dividend yield?



Does the future of the company appear to be prom

ising?



On which exchange does the company trade and what is its ticker symbol?



Key Point:

Do you recommend or not recommend this company’s stock as an investment for 

investors that are considering stock investments? Why?

The Writing Assignment is to be 7

50 

–

1,250 words in length (this range includes everything in the 

assignment including your name, title, and citations). Turnitin.com software will be used to ensure that 

submitted assignments are original works.

The writing assignment should be in an 

ess

ay

format. Additionally, you are required to support your 

position by using at least one recent reference from an academic journal or prom

inent business 

publication (e.g.

, 

The Wall Street Journal

, 

Barron’

s, 

Fortun

e, 

Investor’s Business Daily

, etc.). A rece

nt 

reference is one that has a publication date that is less than one year old as of the beginning of the 

semester. Importantly, references from websites do not qualify unless those websites are part of a 

reputable print publication. For example, Investope

dia.c