choose a public company in Consumer Goods industry (you can find it in the list https://consumergoods.com/top-100-consumer-goodscompanies-2021) and prepare a report on the following eight tasks, using its annual report for year 2021 (in comparison with year 2020) and any additional
information that you can find publicly on Internet.
- Explain briefly the company mission, business activities, corporate values and anything else that you find useful for understanding the context in which
the company operates. - Describe the capital structure of the company and its choice in planning the financing mix. Calculate its debt ratio and equity ratio.
- Describe the dividend and payout policy of the company. Does the company pay a regular cash dividend? Calculate the payout ratio. Did the company
arrange share repurchase, stock dividends or stock splits? If so, explain the details of these arrangements. - Explain the details of the company IPO procedure and subsequent secondary offerings.
- Does the company use leasing? If so, give the details of these arrangements.
- Calculate the cost of capital for the company. Explain the origins of input information (i.e., the data that you used for calculation). Show the details of your
calculations. - Did the company go through mergers and acquisitions in the past? Give the details.
- Did the company face financial distress in the past? If yes, how did it overcome it? If not, explain what procedures the company has in place to mitigate
the risks.
Each of eight tasks has equal weight (12.5% of total)