Topic: Ball Arrow Space and Ball Alluminum -Compare and contrast the financial health of an investment grade company versus a company in financial distress. Your evaluation should include an in-depth financial statement analysis using data from the past five years. The blue chip company should be listed on a major U.S. stock market index like Dow Jones, SP 500, or Nasdaq, and the company in financial distress have available public financial data.
Your discussion and analysis of each company should include:
Company background
Industry outlook
Analysts forecasts
Revenue, price income trend analysis
Financial ratio analysis: Compute and analyze at least three ratios from each main category (i.e. liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, debt ratios, profitability ratios, and market ratios). Ensure to discuss the strengths and limitations of ratio analysis.
Altmans Z-score calculation for at least three years and an in-depth analysis of the companys probability of bankruptcy.
Discussion of any ethical concerns about this company and recommendations of what could be done to improve or promote ethical behavior.
Provide a buy/sell/hold recommendation to potential investors considering the economic outlook and the financial health of each company. Be sure to use logic and objective argument to support your decision. Must Include Excel spreadsheets with computations, using clearly-labeled separate worksheets for each analysis (i.e. ratio analysis, trend analysis, Altmans Z-score, etc.); these spreadsheets should be embedded in the Word document as an Appendix after your analysis and explanations.
Include a minimum of four credible references.
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