Financial Statement Analysis - McCombs School of Business

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Financial Statement Analysis - McCombs School of Business
TEXAS EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM – MEXICO CITY
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FALL 2011
Instructor: Brian Lendecky, MPA, CPA
Office Phone: 512-232-9343
[email protected]
Teaching Assistant: Stephanie Happe
[email protected]
Course Objectives
This course provides an overview of financial accounting information and the role of that
information in the economy. The course focuses on the recognition and measurement concepts
underlying financial accounting, but also covers the mechanics of recording and reporting
accounting information. The first portion of the course presents an overview of the accrual
accounting model, how financial information is presented and the mechanics of keeping track of
financial accounting information. Without a solid understanding of this material, the remainder
of the course will be very difficult. I urge you to keep up with the course from the start.
The remainder of the course focuses on how corporate financial statements report particular
economic events. By the end of the course you should feel comfortable reading the financial
statements in published annual reports, and you should be able to come to a reasoned conclusion
about a company‟s financial health and be able to make comparisons across firms and periods of
time.
Course Materials
The textbook for the course is Financial Accounting, 3rd edition, by Dyckman, Magee, and
Pfeiffer, published by Cambridge Business Publishing. You have also been given a copy of
Solid Footing, a supplemental interactive tool to help you get started in Accounting.
You have been provided with a packet that includes this syllabus and a full 10-K for Whole
Foods, a natural and organic foods supermarket whose headquarters are at 6th and Lamar streets
in downtown Austin, that we use as an in-class example.
The “Blackboard” website https://courses.utexas.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp. I will use
this website to post all course-related documents, including solutions to the selected textbook
homework problems. In addition, there are discussion groups at this website to which you can
post questions, especially about non-graded homework problems. The Teaching Assistant will
monitor these discussion groups and answer questions.
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Class Sessions
Please read the assigned textbook reading prior to each class meeting. I like class to be very
interactive, so I hope you are prepared to ask questions and to respond to my questions. The
more you engage the easier the course will be.
Assignments and Advice
The course schedule details all readings and homework that are to be completed before each
class. Homework will be graded for completeness, not necessarily accuracy. You have been
provided with a reading guide to help you see which parts of the textbook to focus on.
This class is very cumulative. If you fall behind it will be both very difficult to understand
new material and very difficult to catch up. Please, do not fall behind.
Grades
Grades for the course will be assigned to conform to the following general guidelines: about
40% A‟s and A-„s, and about 60% B+‟s, B‟s, and B-„s. Grades of C and below will be given to
those who have earned them. These are guidelines, not fixed rules. Final grades will be
determined on the basis of the following assignments and weights.
Grading Summary
Homework
Accounting Cycle Quiz (August 26)
Midterm Exam
Company Financial Statement Project
Final Exam
Total
20%
10%
25%
10%
35%
100%
To determine final grades I rank all of the students in the class from highest to lowest and then I
draw lines between A and A- and between A- and B+, etc., based on the guidelines described
above.
Grading Questions or Appeals
If you feel there exists a grading error on any of the exams, homework, or final project or if you
feel you need to bring to my attention other facts or circumstances that might affect the grade for
an exam, homework, or project, you will have one week from the date the assignment is graded
and returned to you to take such action and have the matter resolved. The one-week period will
begin on the class day I pass back the assignment whether you are present that day or not. Do
not wait until the end of the semester, once you realize you may need additional points, to take
this action. It will be too late.
Your e-mail and Blackboard
Access to your e-mail and Blackboard is required for this course and I will use the e-mail
addresses that are supplied to me on Blackboard. Any outside-of-class announcement that I
make (ex. corrections or clarification of items discussed in class, course schedule changes, etc.)
will be sent to you via e-mail and/or posted to Blackboard. It is possible that substantial content
will be posted on Blackboard. It is your responsibility to regularly check both your e-mail and
the class web site on Blackboard. I am also happy to answer any questions you might have
concerning the class material via e-mail.
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Academic Dishonesty
I have no tolerance for acts of academic dishonesty. Such acts damage the reputation of the
school and the degree and demean the honest efforts of the majority of students. The minimum
penalty for an act of academic dishonesty will be a zero for that assignment or exam.
The responsibilities for both students and faculty with regard to the Honor System are described
in Appendix 3 of this syllabus. As the instructor for this course, I agree to observe all the faculty
responsibilities described therein. As a Texas MBA student, you agree to observe all of the
student responsibilities of the Honor Code. If the application of the Honor System to this class
and its assignments is unclear in any way, it is your responsibility to ask me for clarification.
As specific guidance for this course, you should consider the writing of both examinations and
the final project to be an individual effort. Group preparation for examinations is acceptable and
encouraged. Homework assignments are to be turned in individually but it is acceptable for you
to work together in answering the questions. You should, however, develop your own answer
and not cut and paste the work of others.
Students with Disabilities
Upon request, the University of Texas at Austin provides appropriate academic accommodations
for qualified students with disabilities. Information on how to register, downloadable forms,
including guidelines for documentation, accommodation request letters, and releases of
information are available online at http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/ssd/index.php. Please do not
hesitate to contact the Services for Students with Disabilities at (512) 471-6259, VP: (512) 2322937 or via e-mail if you have any questions.
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Appendix 1
Company Financial Statement Analysis Assignment
Details
The Assignment Deliverable
The financial statement analysis for your company should include:

A completed template of ratios and other financial statement measures for the company you
select. The template is entitled ―Ratios Worksheet – Your Company. xls” and can be found
on Bb under ―Course Documents.‖ There is also hardcopy of this template at the end of this
appendix.

A brief (1-2 page single spaced) evaluation of your company’s metrics, comprising four
sections—
Section I—A brief (1-3 sentences) summary of your company’s business and the
economic environment in which it operates.
Section II — A brief evaluation over time of your company’s:
- Return on equity (ROE),
- DuPont ratio components (profitability, efficiency and leverage), and
- Any notable additional ratios for each component on your template.
Section III —A brief evaluation over time of your company’s:
- Cash liquidity and Cash Sources & Uses, and
- Growth.
Section IV — A brief (e.g., 1-2 sentence) description of the overall ratio trend and what it
might portend.
Each section should have an appropriate heading and the writing should be in the form of
sentences and paragraphs, not bullet points.
As with the textbook hand-in assignments, you may confer with colleagues and any other
resources, including me or the TAs, in thinking about your company financial statement
analysis. However, you must individually draft your response to this assignment. The emphasis
is on effort, not results—full credit is awarded for a good faith effort to complete hand-in
assignments.
You will probably be able to find all of the financial statement information you need at the
company’s website. Note, that you will have to look at more than one annual report to get
enough years of data to do all of the computations. If you have trouble finding the information
you can pick another company
The Submission Deadlines
Company selection deadline. By 23:59 on Sunday Sept 25th, please submit via Bb the name
of the company you have selected to analyze. To do this, go to ―Discussion Board‖ link entitled
―Your company selected for financial statement analysis‖ and follow the directions thereunder.
Each student must select a different company. Company selection is on a first-come first-serve
basis as established by your posting to your cohort’s discussion board link. Please review the
discussion board link to confirm that the company you wish to select has not already been
selected. The company you select may be from the list of S&P 500 companies in this appendix,
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or another publicly traded company of your choosing. However, the company should not be in
financial services due to this industry’s unique nature, and it should not be a company featured
in a chapter of our textbook (Nike, Walgreens, Pepsi, Cisco, Home Depot, Proctoer & Gamble,
Verizon, American Airlines, Pfizer, or Google). Also, your company should not be Whole Foods.
Completed analysis deadline. Your company analysis is due by 23:59 on Sunday
November 27th and it should be submitted like any other hand-in assignment—namely, via Bb.
When you turn in your analysis narrative and Excel template, please submit them as a single
file—either a Word document or PDF. One approach to combining your Excel spreadsheet and
a Word analysis is to cut and paste your Excel spreadsheet onto your Word document. Please
use the following name for your file.
LastName, FirstName, FSA assignment, f2011, .pdf or docx
For your convenience, a list of S&P 500 companies follows, excluding companies in financial
services and companies featured in chapters of our textbook. However, you are not restricted
to these companies.
S&P 500 Companies
Ticker symbol
MMM
ABT
ANF
ADBE
AMD
AES
AET
A
APD
AKAM
AKS
AA
AYE
ATI
AGN
ALTR
MO
AMZN
AEE
AEP
AMT
ABC
AMGN
APC
ADI
APA
APOL
Company
3M Company
Abbott Laboratories
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Adobe Systems
Advanced Micro Devices
AES Corporation
Aetna Inc.
Agilent Technologies
Air Products & Chemicals
Akamai Technologies Inc
AK Steel Holding Corp.
Alcoa Inc
Allegheny Energy
Allegheny Technologies Inc
Allergan Inc.
Altera Corp.
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon Corp.
Ameren Corporation
American Electric Power
American Tower Corporation
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
Amgen
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Analog Devices
Apache Corp.
Apollo Group
GICS Sector
Industrials
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Information Technology
Utilities
Health Care
Information Technology
Materials
Information Technology
Materials
Materials
Utilities
Materials
Health Care
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
Utilities
Telecommunications Services
Health Care
Health Care
Energy
Information Technology
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
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AAPL
AMAT
ADM
ASH
T
ADSK
ADP
AN
AZO
AVY
AVP
BHI
BLL
BCR
BAX
BDX
BBBY
BMS
BBY
BIG
BIIB
HRB
BMC
BA
BSX
BMY
BRCM
BF.B
CHRW
CA
COG
CAM
CPB
CAH
CFN
CCL
CAT
CBS
CELG
CNP
CTL
CEPH
CERN
CF
Apple Inc.
Applied Materials
Archer Daniels Midland
Ashland Inc.
AT&T Inc.
Autodesk Inc.
Automatic Data Processing Inc.
AutoNation Inc.
AutoZone Inc.
Avery Dennison Corp.
Avon Products
Baker Hughes
Ball Corp.
Bard (C.R.) Inc.
Baxter International Inc.
Becton Dickinson
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bemis Company
Best Buy Co. Inc.
Big Lots Inc.
BIOGEN IDEC Inc.
Block H&R
BMC Software
Boeing Company
Boston Scientific
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Broadcom Corporation
Brown-Forman Corporation
C. H. Robinson Worldwide
CA, Inc.
Cabot Oil & Gas
Cameron International Corp.
Campbell Soup
Cardinal Health Inc.
Carefusion Corporation
Carnival Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
CBS Corp.
Celgene Corp.
CenterPoint Energy
CenturyTel Inc
Cephalon Inc
Cerner
CF Industries Holdings Inc
Information Technology
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Materials
Telecommunications Services
Information Technology
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Energy
Materials
Health Care
Health Care
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Industrials
Health Care
Health Care
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Industrials
Information Technology
Energy
Energy
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Utilities
Telecommunications Services
Telecommunications Services
Materials
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CHK
CVX
CI
CTAS
CTXS
CLF
CLX
CMS
COH
KO
CCE
CTSH
CL
CMCSA
CSC
CPWR
CAG
COP
CNX
ED
STZ
CEG
CBE
GLW
COST
CVH
CSX
CMI
CVS
DHI
DHR
DRI
DVA
DF
DE
DELL
DNR
XRAY
DVN
DV
DO
DTV
DISCA
D
Chesapeake Energy
Chevron Corp.
CIGNA Corp.
Cintas Corporation
Citrix Systems
Cliffs Natural Resources
Clorox Co.
CMS Energy
Coach Inc.
Coca Cola Co.
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Colgate-Palmolive
Comcast Corp.
Computer Sciences Corp.
Compuware Corp.
ConAgra Foods Inc.
ConocoPhillips
CONSOL Energy Inc.
Consolidated Edison
Constellation Brands
Constellation Energy Group
Cooper Industries Ltd.
Corning Inc.
Costco Co.
Coventry Health Care Inc.
CSX Corp.
Cummins Inc.
CVS Caremark Corp.
D. R. Horton
Danaher Corp.
Darden Restaurants
DaVita Inc.
Dean Foods
Deere & Co.
Dell Inc.
Denbury Resources Inc.
Dentsply Intl
Devon Energy Corp.
DeVry, Inc.
Diamond Offshore Drilling
DIRECTV Group Inc.
Discovery Communications
Dominion Resources
Energy
Energy
Health Care
Industrials
Information Technology
Materials
Consumer Staples
Utilities
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staples
Consumer Staples
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Energy
Energy
Utilities
Consumer Staples
Utilities
Industrials
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Industrials
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Consumer Staples
Industrials
Information Technology
Energy
Health Care
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
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RRD
DOV
DOW
DPS
DTE
DD
DUK
DNB
EMN
EK
ETN
EBAY
ECL
EIX
EP
ERTS
EMC
EMR
ETR
EOG
EQT
EL
EXC
EXPE
EXPD
ESRX
XOM
FDO
FAST
FDX
FIS
FSLR
FE
FISV
FLIR
FLS
FLR
FMC
FTI
F
FRX
FO
FPL
Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons
Dover Corp.
Dow Chemical
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
DTE Energy Co.
Du Pont (E.I.)
Duke Energy
Dun & Bradstreet
Eastman Chemical
Eastman Kodak
Eaton Corp.
eBay Inc.
Ecolab Inc.
Edison Int'l
El Paso Corp.
Electronic Arts
EMC Corp.
Emerson Electric
Entergy Corp.
EOG Resources
EQT Corporation
Estee Lauder Cos.
Exelon Corp.
Expedia Inc.
Expeditors Int'l
Express Scripts
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Family Dollar Stores
Fastenal Co
FedEx Corporation
Fidelity National Information
Services
First Solar Inc
FirstEnergy Corp
Fiserv Inc
FLIR Systems
Flowserve Corporation
Fluor Corp.
FMC Corporation
FMC Technologies Inc.
Ford Motor
Forest Laboratories
Fortune Brands Inc.
FPL Group
Industrials
Industrials
Materials
Consumer Staples
Utilities
Materials
Utilities
Industrials
Materials
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Information Technology
Materials
Utilities
Energy
Information Technology
Information Technology
Industrials
Utilities
Energy
Utilities
Consumer Staples
Utilities
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Health Care
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Industrials
Information Technology
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Utilities
Information Technology
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Industrials
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Energy
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Health Care
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Utilities
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FCX
FTR
GME
GCI
GPS
GD
GE
GIS
GPC
GENZ
GILD
GR
GT
GWW
HAL
HOG
HAR
HRS
HAS
HNZ
HP
HES
HPQ
HON
HRL
HSP
HUM
ITW
TEG
INTC
IBM
IFF
IGT
IP
IPG
INTU
ISRG
IRM
ITT
JBL
JEC
JDSU
JNJ
JCI
Freeport-McMoran Cp & Gld
Frontier Communications
GameStop Corp.
Gannett Co.
Gap (The)
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Mills
Genuine Parts
Genzyme Corp.
Gilead Sciences
Goodrich Corporation
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Grainger (W.W.) Inc.
Halliburton Co.
Harley-Davidson
Harman Int'l Industries
Harris Corporation
Hasbro Inc.
Heinz (H.J.)
Helmerich & Payne
Hess Corporation
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell Int'l Inc.
Hormel Foods Corp.
Hospira Inc.
Humana Inc.
Illinois Tool Works
Integrys Energy Group Inc.
Intel Corp.
International Bus. Machines
International Flav/Frag
International Game Technology
International Paper
Interpublic Group
Intuit Inc.
Intuitive Surgical Inc.
Iron Mountain Incorporated
ITT Corporation
Jabil Circuit
Jacobs Engineering Group
JDS Uniphase Corp.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls
Materials
Telecommunications Services
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Health Care
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staples
Energy
Energy
Information Technology
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Health Care
Industrials
Utilities
Information Technology
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Materials
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Consumer Discretionary
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Health Care
Industrials
Industrials
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Industrials
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JNPR
K
KMB
KG
KLAC
KSS
KFT
KR
LLL
LH
LEG
LEN
LXK
LIFE
LLY
LTD
LLTC
LMT
LO
LOW
LSI
M
MRO
MAR
MAS
MEE
MA
MAT
MFE
MKC
MCD
MHP
MCK
MJN
MWV
MHS
MDT
WFR
MRK
MDP
PCS
MCHP
MU
MSFT
Juniper Networks
Kellogg Co.
Kimberly-Clark
King Pharmaceuticals
KLA-Tencor Corp.
Kohl's Corp.
Kraft Foods Inc-A
Kroger Co.
L-3 Communications Holdings
Laboratory Corp. of America Holding
Leggett & Platt
Lennar Corp.
Lexmark Int'l Inc
Life Technologies
Lilly (Eli) & Co.
Limited Brands Inc.
Linear Technology Corp.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Lorillard Inc.
Lowe's Cos.
LSI Corporation
Macy's Inc.
Marathon Oil Corp.
Marriott Int'l.
Masco Corp.
Massey Energy Company
Mastercard Inc.
Mattel Inc.
McAfee
McCormick & Co.
McDonald's Corp.
McGraw-Hill
McKesson Corp.
Mead Johnson
MeadWestvaco Corporation
Medco Health Solutions Inc.
Medtronic Inc.
MEMC Electronic Materials
Merck & Co.
Meredith Corp.
MetroPCS Communications Inc.
Microchip Technology
Micron Technology
Microsoft Corp.
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Consumer Staples
Health Care
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Staples
Consumer Staples
Industrials
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Health Care
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Energy
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Consumer Staples
Materials
Health Care
Health Care
Information Technology
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Telecommunications Services
Information Technology
Information Technology
Information Technology
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MIL
MOLX
TAP
MON
MWW
MOT
MUR
MYL
NBR
NOV
NSM
NTAP
NYT
NWL
NEM
NWSA
GAS
NI
NBL
JWN
NSC
NOC
NU
NOVL
NVLS
NRG
NUE
NVDA
ORLY
OXY
ODP
OMC
OKE
ORCL
OI
PCAR
PTV
PLL
PH
PDCO
PAYX
BTU
JCP
POM
Millipore Corp.
Molex Inc.
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Monsanto Co.
Monster Worldwide
Motorola Inc.
Murphy Oil
Mylan Inc.
Nabors Industries Ltd.
National Oilwell Varco Inc.
National Semiconductor
NetApp
New York Times Cl. A
Newell Rubbermaid Co.
Newmont Mining Corp. (Hldg. Co.)
News Corporation
NICOR Inc.
NiSource Inc.
Noble Energy Inc
Nordstrom
Norfolk Southern Corp.
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Northeast Utilities
Novell Inc.
Novellus Systems
NRG Energy
Nucor Corp.
Nvidia Corporation
O'Reilly Automotive
Occidental Petroleum
Office Depot
Omnicom Group
ONEOK
Oracle Corp.
Owens-Illinois Inc
PACCAR Inc.
Pactiv Corp.
Pall Corp.
Parker-Hannifin
Patterson Cos Inc
Paychex Inc.
Peabody Energy
Penney (J.C.)
Pepco Holdings Inc.
Health Care
Information Technology
Consumer Staples
Materials
Industrials
Information Technology
Energy
Health Care
Energy
Energy
Information Technology
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
Utilities
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Industrials
Energy
Information Technology
Information Technology
Utilities
Materials
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
Information Technology
Materials
Industrials
Materials
Industrials
Industrials
Health Care
Information Technology
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
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PKI
PCG
PM
PNW
PXD
PBI
RL
PPG
PPL
PX
PCP
PGN
PEG
PHM
QLGC
PWR
QCOM
DGX
STR
Q
RSH
RRC
RTN
RHT
RSG
RAI
RHI
ROK
COL
ROP
ROST
RDC
R
SWY
SAI
CRM
SNDK
SLE
SCG
SLB
SNI
SEE
SHLD
SRE
PerkinElmer
PG&E Corp.
Philip Morris International
Pinnacle West Capital
Pioneer Natural Resources
Pitney-Bowes
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.
PPG Industries
PPL Corp.
Praxair Inc.
Precision Castparts
Progress Energy Inc.
Public Serv. Enterprise Inc.
Pulte Homes Inc.
QLogic Corp.
Quanta Services Inc.
QUALCOMM Inc.
Quest Diagnostics
Questar Corp.
Qwest Communications Int
RadioShack Corp
Range Resources Corp.
Raytheon Co.
Red Hat Inc.
Republic Services Inc
Reynolds American Inc.
Robert Half International
Rockwell Automation Inc.
Rockwell Collins
Roper Industries
Ross Stores Inc.
Rowan Cos.
Ryder System
Safeway Inc.
SAIC
Salesforce.com
SanDisk Corporation
Sara Lee Corp.
SCANA Corp
Schlumberger Ltd.
Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.
Sealed Air Corp.(New)
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sempra Energy
Health Care
Utilities
Consumer Staples
Utilities
Energy
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Utilities
Materials
Industrials
Utilities
Utilities
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Industrials
Information Technology
Health Care
Utilities
Telecommunications Services
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Industrials
Information Technology
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Industrials
Industrials
Industrials
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Industrials
Consumer Staples
Information Technology
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Consumer Staples
Utilities
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
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SHW
SIAL
SII
SJM
SNA
SO
LUV
SWN
SE
S
STJ
SWK
SPLS
SBUX
HOT
SRCL
SYK
SUN
SVU
SYMC
SYY
TGT
TE
TLAB
THC
TDC
TER
TSO
TXN
TXT
HSY
TMO
TIF
TWX
TWC
TIE
TJX
TSS
TSN
UNP
UNH
UPS
X
UTX
Sherwin-Williams
Sigma-Aldrich
Smith International
Smucker (J.M.)
Snap-On Inc.
Southern Co.
Southwest Airlines
Southwestern Energy
Spectra Energy Corp.
Sprint Nextel Corp.
St Jude Medical
Stanley Black & Decker
Staples Inc.
Starbucks Corp.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Stericycle Inc
Stryker Corp.
Sunoco Inc.
Supervalu Inc.
Symantec Corp.
Sysco Corp.
Target Corp.
TECO Energy
Tellabs Inc.
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Teradata Corp.
Teradyne Inc.
Tesoro Petroleum Co.
Texas Instruments
Textron Inc.
The Hershey Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Tiffany & Co.
Time Warner Inc.
Time Warner Cable Inc.
Titanium Metals Corp
TJX Companies Inc.
Total System Services
Tyson Foods
Union Pacific
United Health Group Inc.
United Parcel Service
United States Steel Corp.
United Technologies
Consumer Discretionary
Materials
Energy
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
Industrials
Energy
Energy
Telecommunications Services
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
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Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Health Care
Energy
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Utilities
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Health Care
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Industrials
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URBN
VFC
VLO
VAR
VRSN
VIAb
V
VMC
WMT
DIS
WPO
WM
WAT
WPI
WLP
WDC
WU
WY
WHR
WMB
WIN
WEC
WYN
WYNN
XEL
XRX
XLNX
XTO
YHOO
YUM
ZMH
Urban Outfitters
V.F. Corp.
Valero Energy
Varian Medical Systems
Verisign Inc.
Viacom Inc.
Visa
Vulcan Materials
Wal-Mart Stores
Walt Disney Co.
Washington Post Co B
Waste Management Inc.
Waters Corporation
Watson Pharmaceuticals
WellPoint Inc.
Western Digital
Western Union Co
Weyerhaeuser Corp.
Whirlpool Corp.
Williams Cos.
Windstream Corporation
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Wyndham Worldwide
Wynn Resorts Ltd
Xcel Energy Inc
Xerox Corp.
Xilinx Inc
XTO Energy Inc.
Yahoo Inc.
Yum! Brands Inc
Zimmer Holdings
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Health Care
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Information Technology
Materials
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Industrials
Health Care
Health Care
Health Care
Information Technology
Information Technology
Materials
Consumer Discretionary
Energy
Telecommunications Services
Consumer Staples
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Discretionary
Utilities
Information Technology
Information Technology
Energy
Information Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANAYLYSIS -- YOUR COMPANY
Company name:
Company ticker:
Your name (cohort):
Ratios and Other Analysis Measures
ROE and DuPont Ratios
ROE (NI / OEavg)
Profitability (NI / Sales)
Efficiency (Turnover = Sales / Assets avg)
Leverage (Leverage = Assets avg / OEavg)
Additional Profitability Ratios
Gross Profit Margin % [(net Rev - COGS) / net Rev]
SG&A % (SG&A expense / net Rev)
Important Expense Percentage* (Important Expense / net Rev)
Additional Efficiency Ratios
AR Turnover (Sales / ARavg)
Days Receivables Outstanding (DRO) [ARavg / (Sales/365)]
Inventory Turnover (COGS / Inventory avg)
Days Inventory (DI) [Inventoryavg / (COGS/365)]
AP Turnover (Purchases / AP avg)
Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) [ 365 / (Purchases / Accts Payableavg)]
CASH CONVERSION CYCLE (DI - DPO + DRO)
PPE Turnover (Sales / Net PPEavg)
Additional Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Equity (total Liabilities / total OE)
Times Interest Earned (Earnings bef Inter Exp and Taxes / Inter Exp)
Return on Financial Leverage (ROE - ROA)
LT Debt-to-Assets (LT Debt, including current portion / total Assets)
Cash Liquidity and Cash Sources & Uses
Working Capital (CA - CL)
Current Ratio (CA / CL)
Quick Ratio [(Cash + ST Securities + AR) / CL)]
OCFCL (Operating CF / CL)
OCFCX (Operating CF / Capital Expenditures)
Free Cash Flow (Cash from Ops – Net Cap. Expend.)
Growth
Sales growth [(cy net Rev - py net Rev)/ py net Rev]
NI Growth [ (cy NI - py NI)/ py NI]
*Choose the most “important” non-SG&A expense.
Year End (3 years)
Appendix 2
DETAILED PROTOCOL FOR
SUBMITTING HAND-IN ASSIGNMENTS ON BLACKBOARD
―My Courses‖ Bb link. Upon being officially registered, the ―My Courses‖ Bb link should be
available to you. The protocol for submitting hand-in assignments through this link is as follow.
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Go to Bb (i.e., https://courses.utexas.edu/webapps/login/)
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Enter your UT EID and password, and select our course
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Go to ―Assignments‖ on the left frame
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Go to the appropriate assignment, and attach and submit your hand-in assignment
solution as follows
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Under item #2 within the appropriate assignment drop-box proceed as follows.
 ―Submission‖ box. Please enter your name in the ―Submission‖ box
 ―Attach File‖ function. Use the ―Attach File‖ function to attach your Word or
Excel solution by:
- Activating ―Browse for Local File‖
- Highlighting the file with your solution and activating ―open‖ in the
―Choose file‖ box, and
- Activating ―Attach File.‖
 ―Comments‖ box. It is not necessary to make any entry in the ―Comments‖
box
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Under item #3 of the appropriate assignment drop-box:
 ―Submit‖ your attached solution
Appendix 3
HONOR SYSTEM
Honor Code Purpose
Academic honor, trust and integrity are fundamental to The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of
Business community. They contribute directly to the quality of your education and reach far beyond the campus to
your overall standing within the business community. The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business
Honor System promotes academic honor, trust and integrity throughout the Graduate School of Business. The Honor
System relies upon The University of Texas Student Standards of Conduct (Chapter 11 of the Institutional Rules on
Student Service and Activities) for enforcement, but promotes ideals that are higher than merely enforceable
- 17 standards. Every student is responsible for understanding and abiding by the provisions of the Honor System and the
University of Texas Student Standards of Conduct. The University expects all students to obey the law, show respect
for other members of the university community, perform contractual obligations, maintain absolute integrity and the
highest standard of individual honor in scholastic work, and observe the highest standards of conduct. Ignorance of
the Honor System or The University of Texas Student Standards of Conduct is not an acceptable excuse for
violations under any circumstances.
The effectiveness of the Honor System results solely from the wholehearted and uncompromising support of each
member of the McCombs School of Business community. Each member must abide by the Honor System and must
be intolerant of any violations. The system is only as effective as you make it.
Faculty Involvement in the Honor System
The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Faculty's commitment to the Honor System is critical
to its success. It is imperative that faculty make their expectations clear to all students. They must also respond to
accusations of cheating or other misconduct by students in a timely, discrete and fair manner. We urge faculty
members to promote awareness of the importance of integrity through in-class discussions and assignments
throughout the semester.
Expectations Under the Honor System
Standards
If a student is uncertain about the standards of conduct in a particular setting, he or she should ask the relevant
faculty member for clarification to ensure his or her conduct falls within the expected scope of honor, trust and
integrity as promoted by the Honor System. This applies to all tests, papers and group and individual work. Questions
about appropriate behavior during the job search should be addressed to a professional member of the Career
Management Office. Below are some of the specific examples of violations of the Honor System.
Lying
Lying is any deliberate attempt to deceive another by stating an untruth, or by any direct form of communication to
include the telling of a partial truth. Lying includes the use or omission of any information with the intent to deceive or
mislead. Examples of lying include, but are not limited to, providing a false excuse for why a test was missed or
presenting false information to a recruiter.
Stealing
Stealing is wrongfully taking, obtaining, withholding, defacing or destroying any person's money, personal property,
article or service, under any circumstances. Examples of stealing include, but are not limited to, removing course
material from the library or hiding it from others, removing material from another person's mail folder, securing for
one's self unattended items such as calculators, books, book bags or other personal property. Another form of
stealing is the duplication of copyrighted material beyond the reasonable bounds of "fair use." Defacing (e.g.,
"marking up" or highlighting) library books is also considered stealing, because, through a willful act, the value of
another's property is decreased. (See the appendix for a detailed explanation of "fair use.")
Cheating
- 18 Cheating is wrongfully and unfairly acting out of self-interest for personal gain by seeking or accepting an
unauthorized advantage over one's peers. Examples include, but are not limited to, obtaining questions or answers to
tests or quizzes, and getting assistance on case write-ups or other projects beyond what is authorized by the
assigning instructor. It is also cheating to accept the benefit(s) of another person's theft(s) even if not actively sought.
For instance, if one continues to be attentive to an overhead conversation about a test or case write-up even if initial
exposure to such information was accidental and beyond the control of the student in question, one is also cheating.
If a student overhears a conversation or any information that any faculty member might reasonably wish to withhold
from the student, the student should inform the faculty member(s) of the information and circumstance under which it
was overheard.
Actions Required for Responding to Suspected and Known Violations
As stated, everyone must abide by the Honor System and be intolerant of violations. If you suspect a violation has
occurred, you should first speak to the suspected violator in an attempt to determine if an infraction has taken place.
If, after doing so, you still believe that a violation has occurred, you must tell the suspected violator that he or she
must report himself or herself to the course professor or Associate Dean of the McCombs School of Business. If the
individual fails to report himself or herself within 48 hours, it then becomes your obligation to report the infraction to
the course professor or the Associate Dean of the McCombs School of Business. Remember that although you are
not required by regulation to take any action, our Honor System is only as effective as you make it. If you remain
silent when you suspect or know of a violation, you are approving of such dishonorable conduct as the community
standard. You are thereby precipitating a repetition of such violations.
The Honor Pledge
The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business requires each enrolled student to adopt the Honor
System. The Honor Pledge best describes the conduct promoted by the Honor System. It is as follows:
"I affirm that I belong to the honorable community of The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Business. I
will not lie, cheat or steal, nor will I tolerate those who do."
"I pledge my full support to the Honor System. I agree to be bound at all times by the Honor System and understand
that any violation may result in my dismissal from the McCombs School of Business."
The following pages provide specific guidance about the Standard of Academic Integrity at the
University of Texas at Austin. Please read it carefully and feel free to ask me any questions you
might have.
- 19 Excerpts from the University of Texas at Austin Office of the Dean of Students website
(http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs/acint_student.php)
The Standard of Academic Integrity
A fundamental principle for any educational institution, academic integrity is highly valued and seriously regarded at
The University of Texas at Austin, as emphasized in the standards of conduct. More specifically, you and other
students are expected to "maintain absolute integrity and a high standard of individual honor in scholastic work"
undertaken at the University (Sec. 11-801, Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities). This is a very basic
expectation that is further reinforced by the University's Honor Code. At a minimum, you should complete any
assignments, exams, and other scholastic endeavors with the utmost honesty, which requires you to:
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acknowledge the contributions of other sources to your scholastic efforts;
complete your assignments independently unless expressly authorized to seek or obtain assistance in
preparing them;
follow instructions for assignments and exams, and observe the standards of your academic discipline; and
avoid engaging in any form of academic dishonesty on behalf of yourself or another student.
For the official policies on academic integrity and scholastic dishonesty, please refer to Chapter 11 of the Institutional
Rules on Student Services and Activities.
What is Scholastic Dishonesty?
In promoting a high standard of academic integrity, the University broadly defines scholastic dishonesty—basically, all
conduct that violates this standard, including any act designed to give an unfair or undeserved academic advantage,
such as:
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Cheating
Plagiarism
Unauthorized Collaboration
Collusion
Falsifying Academic Records
Misrepresenting Facts (e.g., providing false information to postpone an exam, obtain an extended deadline
for an assignment, or even gain an unearned financial benefit)
Any other acts (or attempted acts) that violate the basic standard of academic integrity (e.g., multiple
submissions—submitting essentially the same written assignment for two courses without authorization to
do so)
Several types of scholastic dishonesty—unauthorized collaboration, plagiarism, and multiple submissions—are
discussed in more detail on this Web site to correct common misperceptions about these particular offenses and
suggest ways to avoid committing them.
For the University's official definition of scholastic dishonesty, see Section 11-802, Institutional Rules on Student
Services and Activities.
Unauthorized Collaboration
If you work with another person on an assignment for credit without the instructor's permission to do so, you
are engaging in unauthorized collaboration.
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This common form of academic dishonesty can occur with all types of scholastic work—papers, homework,
tests (take-home or in-class), lab reports, computer programming projects, or any other assignments to be
submitted for credit.
For the University's official definitions of unauthorized collaboration and the related offense of collusion, see
Sections 11-802(c)(6) & 11-802(e), Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities.
- 20 Some students mistakenly assume that they can work together on an assignment as long as the instructor
has not expressly prohibited collaborative efforts.
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Actually, students are expected to complete assignments independently unless the course instructor
indicates otherwise. So working together on assignments is not permitted unless the instructor specifically
approves of any such collaboration.
Unfortunately, students who engage in unauthorized collaboration tend to justify doing so through various
rationalizations. For example, some argue that they contributed to the work, and others maintain that
working together on an assignment "helped them learn better."
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The instructor—not the student—determines the purpose of a particular assignment and the acceptable
method for completing it. Unless working together on an assignment has been specifically authorized,
always assume it is not allowed.
Many educators do value group assignments and other collaborative efforts, recognizing their potential for
developing and enhancing specific learning skills. And course requirements in some classes do consist
primarily of group assignments. But the expectation of individual work is the prevailing norm in many
classes, consistent with the presumption of original work that remains a fundamental tenet of scholarship in
the American educational system.
Some students incorrectly assume that the degree of any permissible collaboration is basically the same for
all classes.
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The extent of any permissible collaboration can vary widely from one class to the next, even from one
project to the next within the same class.
Be sure to distinguish between collaboration that is authorized for a particular assignment and unauthorized
collaboration that is undertaken for the sake of expedience or convenience to benefit you and/or another
student. By failing to make this key distinction, you are much more likely to engage in unauthorized
collaboration. To avoid any such outcome, always seek clarification from the instructor.
Unauthorized collaboration can also occur in conjunction with group projects.
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How so? If the degree or type of collaboration exceeds the parameters expressly approved by the instructor.
An instructor may allow (or even expect) students to work together on one stage of a group project but
require independent work on other phases. Any such distinctions should be strictly observed.
Providing another student unauthorized assistance on an assignment is also a violation, even without the
prospect of benefiting yourself.
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If an instructor did not authorize students to work together on a particular assignment and you help a student
complete that assignment, you are providing unauthorized assistance and, in effect, facilitating an act of
academic dishonesty. Equally important, you can be held accountable for doing so.
For similar reasons, you should not allow another student access to your drafted or completed assignments
unless the instructor has permitted those materials to be shared in that manner.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is another serious violation of academic integrity. In simplest terms, this occurs if you represent
as your own work any material that was obtained from another source, regardless how or where you
acquired it.
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Plagiarism can occur with all types of media—scholarly or non-academic, published or unpublished—written
publications, Internet sources, oral presentations, illustrations, computer code, scientific data or analyses,
music, art, and other forms of expression. (See Section 11-802(d) of the Institutional Rules on Student
Services and Activities for the University's official definition of plagiarism.)
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Borrowed material from written works can include entire papers, one or more paragraphs, single phrases, or
any other excerpts from a variety of sources such as books, journal articles, magazines, downloaded
Internet documents, purchased papers from commercial writing services, papers obtained from other
students (including homework assignments), etc.
As a general rule, the use of any borrowed material results in plagiarism if the original source is not properly
acknowledged. So you can be held accountable for plagiarizing material in either a final submission of an
assignment or a draft that is being submitted to an instructor for review, comments, and/or approval.
Using verbatim material (e.g., exact words) without proper attribution (or credit) constitutes the most blatant
form of plagiarism. However, other types of material can be plagiarized as well, such as ideas drawn from an
original source or even its structure (e.g., sentence construction or line of argument).
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Improper or insufficient paraphrasing often accounts for this type of plagiarism. (See additional information
on paraphrasing.)
Plagiarism can be committed intentionally or unintentionally.
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Strictly speaking, any use of material from another source without proper attribution constitutes plagiarism,
regardless why that occurred, and any such conduct violates accepted standards of academic integrity.
Some students deliberately plagiarize, often rationalizing this misconduct with a variety of excuses: falling
behind and succumbing to the pressures of meeting deadlines; feeling overworked and wishing to reduce
their workloads; compensating for actual (or perceived) academic or language deficiencies; and/or justifying
plagiarism on other grounds.
But some students commit plagiarism without intending to do so, often stumbling into negligent plagiarism as
a result of sloppy notetaking, insufficient paraphrasing, and/or ineffective proofreading. Those problems,
however, neither justify nor excuse this breach of academic standards. By misunderstanding the meaning of
plagiarism and/or failing to cite sources accurately, you are much more likely to commit this violation.
Avoiding that outcome requires, at a minimum, a clear understanding of plagiarism and the appropriate
techniques for scholarly attribution. (See related information on paraphrasing; notetaking and proofreading;
and acknowledging and citing sources.)
By merely changing a few words or rearranging several words or sentences, you are not paraphrasing.
Making minor revisions to borrowed text amounts to plagiarism.
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Even if properly cited, a "paraphrase" that is too similar to the original source's wording and/or structure is, in
fact, plagiarized. (See additional information on paraphrasing.)
Remember, your instructors should be able to clearly identify which materials (e.g., words and ideas) are
your own and which originated with other sources.
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That cannot be accomplished without proper attribution. You must give credit where it is due, acknowledging
the sources of any borrowed passages, ideas, or other types of materials, and enclosing any verbatim
excerpts with quotation marks (using block indentation for longer passages).
Plagiarism & Unauthorized Collaboration
Plagiarism and unauthorized collaboration are often committed jointly.
By submitting as your own work any unattributed material that you obtained from other sources (including the
contributions of another student who assisted you in preparing a homework assignment), you have committed
plagiarism. And if the instructor did not authorize students to work together on the assignment, you have also
engaged in unauthorized collaboration. Both violations contribute to the same fundamental deception—representing
material obtained from another source as your own work.
Group efforts that extend beyond the limits approved by an instructor frequently involve plagiarism in addition to
unauthorized collaboration. For example, an instructor may allow students to work together while researching a
- 22 subject, but require each student to write a separate report. If the students collaborate while writing their reports and
then submit the products of those joint efforts as individual works, they are guilty of unauthorized collaboration as well
as plagiarism. In other words, the students collaborated on the written assignment without authorization to do so, and
also failed to acknowledge the other students' contributions to their own individual reports.
Multiple Submissions
Submitting the same paper (or other type of assignment) for two courses without prior approval represents
another form of academic dishonesty.
You may not submit a substantially similar paper or project for credit in two (or more) courses unless expressly
authorized to do so by your instructor(s). (See Section 11-802(b) of the Institutional Rules on Student Services and
Activities for the University's official definition of scholastic dishonesty.)
You may, however, re-work or supplement previous work on a topic with the instructor's approval.
Some students mistakenly assume that they are entitled to submit the same paper (or other assignment) for
two (or more) classes simply because they authored the original work.
Unfortunately, students with this viewpoint tend to overlook the relevant ethical and academic issues, focusing
instead on their own "authorship" of the original material and personal interest in receiving essentially double credit
for a single effort.
Unauthorized multiple submissions are inherently deceptive. After all, an instructor reasonably assumes that any
completed assignments being submitted for credit were actually prepared for that course. Mindful of that assumption,
students who "recycle" their own papers from one course to another make an effort to convey that impression. For
instance, a student may revise the original title page or imply through some other means that he or she wrote the
paper for that particular course, sometimes to the extent of discussing a "proposed" paper topic with the instructor or
presenting a "draft" of the paper before submitting the "recycled" work for credit.
The issue of plagiarism is also relevant. If, for example, you previously prepared a paper for one course and then
submit it for credit in another course without citing the initial work, you are committing plagiarism—essentially "selfplagiarism"—the term used by some institutions. Recall the broad scope of plagiarism: all types of materials can be
plagiarized, including unpublished works, even papers you previously wrote.
Another problem concerns the resulting "unfair academic advantage" that is specifically referenced in the University's
definition of scholastic dishonesty. If you submit a paper for one course that you prepared and submitted for another
class, you are simply better situated to devote more time and energy toward fulfilling other requirements for the
subsequent course than would be available to classmates who are completing all course requirements during that
semester. In effect, you would be gaining an unfair academic advantage, which constitutes academic dishonesty as it
is defined on this campus.
Some students, of course, do recognize one or more of these ethical issues, but still refrain from citing their
authorship of prior papers to avoid earning reduced (or zero) credit for the same works in other classes. That
underlying motivation further illustrates the deceptive nature of unauthorized multiple submissions.
An additional issue concerns the problematic minimal efforts involved in "recycling" papers (or other prepared
assignments). Exerting minimal effort basically undercuts the curricular objectives associated with a particular
assignment and the course itself. Likewise, the practice of "recycling" papers subverts important learning goals for
individual degree programs and higher education in general, such as the mastery of specific skills that students
should acquire and develop in preparing written assignments. This demanding but necessary process is somewhat
analogous to the required regimen of athletes, like the numerous laps and other repetitive training exercises that
runners must successfully complete to prepare adequately for a marathon.
- 23 UT Executive MBA Program – Mexico City
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Instructor – Brian Lendecky, MPA, CPA
COURSE SCHEDULE, FALL 2011
Session 1 August 16th (Tuesday)
Chapter 1: Introducing Financial Accounting
Learning objectives, Ch 1
Textbook reading
Introduce
 The users of financial statements
 The difference between cash and accrual accounting
 The basic accounting equation
 The four key financial statements
 The institutions that regulate financial accounting
 Two commonly used ratios to assess profitability and risk—namely,
- Return on Equity (ROE = NI/OEavg), and
- Debt-to-Equity (D/E)
Chapter 1 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review question, and
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
Q1-1, Q1-3, Q1-5, Q1-7, Q1-9, Q1-14, Q1-15, M1-21, P1-35(skip cash flow)
(post on Bb before class on August 26)
Whole Foods metrics
Practice assignments
None
Q1-16, Q1-17, M1-22, M1-24, E1-28, E1-30, E1-32, P1-36, P1-38, C1-44
Chapter 2: Constructing Financial Statements
Learning objectives, Ch 2 Understand
 The definition of key financial statement elements, i.e., assets, liabilities,
owners’ equity, revenue, and expenses
 How the financial statements are formulated and interact
 Journal entries and T-accounts and how they are used to record and
analyze transactions
Textbook reading
 Three liquidity metrics, including
- Working capital (CA – CL),
- The current ratio (CA/CL), and
- The quick ratio ((cash + ST investments + accounts receivable) / CL)
Chapter 2 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review 2 question
 The mid-chapter review 3 question
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
Q2-3, Q2-8, Q2-13, M2-19, M2-20, M2-23, M2-25, M2-30
(post on Bb before class on August 26)
Whole Foods metrics
Working Capital (CA – CL), current ratio (CA/CL),
(prepare before class)
and quick ratio ((cash + ST investments + accounts receivable) / CL)
- 24 Practice assignments
Q2-2, Q2-6, Q2-7, Q2-10, M2-14, E2-33, E2-34, P2-67, P2-68
For additional help, E2-43, E2-46, P2-56, P2-61, and P2-64 provide practice
with journal entries, T-accounts, and financial statement creation
- 25 Session 2 August 18th (Thursday)
Chapter 3: Adjusting Accounts for Financial Statements
Learning objectives, Ch 3 Understand
 The types of adjusting entries, including accrued and deferred revenue,
accrued and deferred expenses, and adjustments for the changes in the
value of assets and liabilities
 Trial balances
 The closing entry and its posting to the T-accounts
 The full accounting cycle
Textbook reading
Chapter 3 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review question
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
Q3-8, Q3-9, Q3-11, Q3-17, Q3-18, E3-31, E3-33
(post on Bb before class on August 26)
Whole Foods metrics
None
Practice assignments
Q3-1 through Q3-7, Q3-10, Q3-12 through Q3-20, M3-23, M3-24, E3-32,
E3-35, E3-46, P3-54
P3-42, P3-43, P3-46, and P3-53 provide additional practice on the
accounting cycle beginning with adjusting entries
- 26 Session 3 August 26th (Friday)
Chapter 4: Reporting and Analyzing Cash Flows
Learning objectives, Ch 4 Understand
 The purpose of the statement of cash flows
 How to construct a statement of cash flow using the indirect method
 Understand operating, investing, and financing transactions in the
statement of cash flows
 Additional liquidity and solvency metrics, including
- Operating cash flow to current liabilities (OCFCL = operating CF / CL),
- Operating cash flow to capital expenditures (OCFCX = operating CF
/ capital expenditures), and
- Free cash flow (cash flow from operations / net capital expenditures)
Textbook reading
Chapter 4 (skip pages 157-164 and the appendix) – While reading this
chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapters review 1, 3, and 4 questions
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
Q4-1, Q4-3, Q4-4, Q4-7, Q4-9, Q4-11, Q4-15, M4-24
Whole Foods metrics
(prepare before class)
Operating cash flow to current liabilities (OCFCL), Operating cash flow to capital
expenditures (OCFCX), and free cash flow
Practice assignments
Q4-2, Q4-5, Q4-6, Q4-8, Q4-10, Q4-12, Q4-13, Q4-14, Q4-16, M4-26. M427, E4-35
P4-46, P4-48, P4-50, and P4-52 provide additional practice on calculating
the statement of cash flows from financial statement information and
calculation liquidity and solvency metrics.
Chapter 5: Analyzing and Interpreting Financial Statements
Learning objectives, Ch 5 Understand
 The relevance of ROE in valuing companies
 ROE decomposition into profitability, efficiency and leverage components
(i.e., the DuPont model)
 Select analysis metrics, including
- Gross profit margin ((net revenue – COGS) / net revenue),
- The SG&A expense to revenue ratio (SG&A expense / net revenue),
- The (next) most important expense ratio,
- Sales growth ((current year net Revenue – prior year net revenue) /
prior year net revenue),
- Return on financial leverage (ROE – ROA),
- Times interest earned (earnings before interest and taxes / interest
expense), and
- Profit margin before interest (earnings excluding net interest
income<expense> / net revenue)
Textbook reading
Chapter 5 (skip the appendix) – While reading this chapter it is
recommended that you do the chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
Q5-1, Q5-3, Q5-5, Q5-7, Q5-13, E5-31
Whole Foods metrics
Gross profit margin, SG&A expense to net revenue, sales growth,
- 27 (prepare before class)
Practice assignments
NI growth, ROE, Profit Margin, Asset Turnover, Financial Leverage
M5-14, M5-23, M5-27, E5-28, E5-33, P5-36 (exclude part d), P5-38
(exclude part d), P5-46, P5-48, P5-49
- 28 Session 4 August 27th (Saturday)
Chapter 6: Reporting and Analyzing Revenues and Receivables
Learning objectives, Ch 6 Understand
 The criteria for revenue recognition
 Revenue recognition under different scenarios
 Accounting for bad debts
 Select analysis metrics, including
- Return on capital employed (ROCE = income from operations
(before taxes) / net operating assetsavg),
- Accounts receivable turnover (sales / ARavg), and
- Days Receivables Outstanding (DRO = AR avg / (sales / 365))
 Nonrecurring items
 Earnings smoothing
Textbook reading
Chapter 6 and Chapter 6 Appendix (skip page 274). While reading the
chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review 1 question
 The mid-chapter review 3 question, and
 The chapter-end review question (excluding parts 1b and 1c)
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
Q6-1, Q6-2, Q6-3, Q6-5, Q6-7, Q6-9, Q6-11, M6-20, M6-23, M6-24, E6-27
Whole Foods metrics
Accounts Receivable Turnover and Days Receivable Outstanding
Practice assignments
Q6-4, Q6-10, M6-13, M6-14, M6-16, M6-18, M6-19, M6-21, M6-22, M6-25,
E6-26, E6-27, E6-30, E6-32, E6-34, E6-35, E6-36, E6-37, P6-40, P6-44
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Session 5 September 23rd (Friday)
Midterm Exam
Chapter 7: Reporting and Analyzing Inventory
Learning objectives, Ch 7 Understand
 Prevalent inventory methods—namely, specific identification, FIFO,
LIFO, and average cost
 Issues that arise with inventory, including
- Lower of cost or market
- LIFO reserve
- LIFO liquidation
 Select analysis metrics, including
- Inventory turnover (COGS / Inventoryavg)
- Days Inventory (DI = Inventoryavg / (COGS / 365)
- Accounts payable turnover (purchases / APavg)
- Days Payables Outstanding (DPO = APavg / (purchases / 365)
- Cash conversion cycle (CCC = DI + DRO – DPO)
Textbook reading
Chapter 7 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review question,
 The chapter-end review question, and
 The appendix-end review question
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
TBA
th
Deadline reminder. Please recall that by 23:59, Sunday, September 25 , is the deadline for selecting
the company you will be analyzing for the last hand-in assignment this term.
Whole Foods metrics
TBA
Practice assignments
TBA
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Session 6 September 24th (Saturday)
Appendix A: Compound Interest and the Time Value of Money
Note, this session we are likely to take the first part to complete Chapter 7, and we may have time
at the end to begin Chapter 12.
Learning objectives
Understand how to calculate:
 Calculate the present value of:
- A single sum (one-time payment)
- An annuity (series of payments)
Special attention should be given to present values compared to future
values because present values are most common in financial accounting
 Calculate the future value of:
- A single sum (one-time payment)
- An annuity (series of payments)
 Use a financial calculator in computing present values and future values
Textbook reading
Appendix A
Assignments
None
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Session 7 October 21st (Friday)
Chapter 12: Reporting and Analyzing Intercorporate Investments
Learning objectives, Ch 12 Understand
 In general, the five types of investments in other companies
 Accounting for passive investments (i.e., marketable securities),
including marking-to-market trading and available for sale investments
 Other comprehensive income and accumulated other comprehensive
income, and the options for financial statement presentation
 Accounting for investments with significant influence through the use of
the equity method
Textbook reading
Chapter 12 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review 1-2 questions
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
TBA
Whole Foods metrics
None
Practice assignments
TBA
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Chapter 8: Reporting and Analyzing Long-Term Operating Assets
Learning objectives, Ch 8 Understand
 The difference between cost and expense
 The accounting for property, plant and equipment (PPE), including their
- Acquisition, including the costs to capitalize,
- Depreciation using select methods—namely, straight line and unitsof-production,
- Repairs and capital improvements,
- Impairment, and
- Disposition
 The accounting for intangible assets, including their
- Acquisition, including the costs to capitalize
- Amortization,
- Impairment, and
- Disposition
 The efficiency metric PPE turnover (net revenue / PPEavg)
Textbook reading
Chapter 8 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
TBA
Whole Foods metrics
PPE turnover (net revenue / PPEavg)
Practice assignments
TBA
Chapter 9: Reporting and Analyzing Liabilities
Learning objectives, Ch 9 Understand
 Product warranty and extended warranty differences and accounting
 Contingent liabilities accounting
 From the seller’s perspective, accounting for the four basic types of
notes
- A simple note
- An installment note
- A zero coupon bond, and
- A coupon bond, including accounting for coupon bond sales
o At par
o At a premium, and
o At a discount
 From a seller’s perspective, accounting for the disposition of a coupon
bond
 From an investor’s perspective, accounting for a coupon bond
- 33  The leverage metric LT debt-to-assets (LT liabilities / total assets)
Textbook reading
Chapter 9 – While reading this chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review 3 question
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
TBA
Whole Foods metrics
LT debt-to-assets (LT liabilities / total assets)
Practice assignments
TBA
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Chapter 11: Reporting and Analyzing Stockholders’ Equity
Learning objectives, Ch 11 Understand
 Business financing through stock, including the characteristics of and
accounting for:
- Common stock, and
- Preferred stock
 The nature of and how to account for:
- Cash dividends,
- Stock dividends, and
- Stock splits
 Why a company would repurchase its issued stock and how to account for it
 Financial statement presentation of shareholders’ equity
 How to calculate basic earnings per share (EPS)
Textbook reading
Chapter 11 and the Chapter 11 Appendix (skip pages 505-507)
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
TBA
Whole Foods metrics
None
Practice assignments
TBA
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Session 10 Nov 19th (Saturday)
Chapter 10: Reporting and Analyzing Leases, Pensions, and Income
Taxes
Learning objectives, Ch 10 Understand
 The nature of and how to account for leases, including
- Operating leases and capital leases,
- The definition and implications of, so called, ―off-balance-sheet‖
financing through operating leases, and
- How to convert operating leases to capital leases
 The nature of and how to account for deferred taxes, including
- Tax induced deferred assets and deferred liabilities, and
- The impact of changing tax rates
Textbook reading
Chapter 10. While reading the chapter it is recommended that you do:
 The mid-chapter review 1 question parts A and B
 The chapter-end review question
Hand-in assignments
(post on Bb before class)
TBA
Whole Foods metrics
None
Practice assignments
TBA
Corporate Financial Statement Analysis Roundup
Learning objectives
Use financial statement analysis to make investment decisions
Textbook reading
None
Hand-in assignments
(your) Company Financial Statement Analysis
(post on Bb by 23:59 on November 27)
Whole Foods metrics
None
Practice assignments
TBA
Session 11 December 10th
FINAL EXAMINATION