I need help with my FInance assignment.

The company I am working on is Costco Wholesale Corp. Tx symbol COST. I would like for parts 1,2,3 to be done. No pelagrising. PLEASEEEE.

Finance

Fundamentals of Security Analysis

Course Project

Part 5

Course Project Part 5 is part of the mid-term examination. It will count as 20 points or 33 percent of the mid-term examination grade of 60 points. It is due the class after the in-class portion of the mid-term examination. As the in-class part of the mid-term examination is scheduled for Tuesday October 22 then Course Project Part 5 is due on Thursday October 24.

Please neatly word process Course Project Part 5 and ensure your language, grammar, syntax, spelling, etc. are correct. Site all information and data sources including those in Tables and/or Charts you use.

The Assignment:

Course Project Part 5 is an analysis, assessment and evaluation of the size, growth, profitability and competitive structure of your company’s market/industry/sector.

Purpose of the Assignment:

As we have discussed in class your company’s prospective economic profits and stock price will be influenced not only by global, regional and national macroeconomic factors and company specific forces but also by changes in the size, growth and competitive structure of the market/industry/sector in which it operates. The purposes of this assignment are to: (1) research information and data on the current size and expected future growth of your company’s market/industry/sector; (2) examine the existing economic structure of your company’s industry/market/sector and to consider whether or not any significant changes are likely to occur in the next five years; (3) assess and evaluate all of this information and data and communicate it in an approximately two (2) page document.

Information and Data Sources:

As background research for this assignment everyone must review the Value Line Industry Report on their firm’s industry (however, Value Line Industry Report may not be available for all industries); the Net Advantage/Standard and Poor’s Industry Report; and the Data Monitor Industry Report. Also, you may use additional information and data sources.

Required Information:

Data tables accompanied by concise analysis of:

1. The current size (for either 2012 or the most recent fiscal year) of your company’s market/industry/sector, where size is measured by:

· Total sales/revenues.

· Total unit sales (if relevant and available).

· Number of firms in the market.

2. The current profitability (for either 2012 or the most recent fiscal year) of your company’s market/industry/sector, where profitability is measured by:

· Total net income.

· Gross, operating and net profit margins.

· ROA and ROE.

3. Your company’s market share (for either 2012 or the most recent fiscal year), where market share is your firm’s percent of the total of: (a) total sales; (b) total net income; (c) comparison of your firm’s net profit margin to the industry’s and its ROA to the industry’s.

4. Forecasts (cumulative and not year by year) for the growth over the coming five years in your firm’s market/industry/sector: (a) total sales; (b) total net income; (c) ROA.

5. In the spectrum of market/industry/sector economic structures from monopoly at one end to most competitive at the other where is your firm’s market/industry/sector economic structure at present? Briefly explain your answer.

6. Where do you expect your firm’s market/industry/sector economic structure to be five years from now? Briefly explain your answer. An industry’s economic structure will be influenced by its existing and expected future profitability and the ease or difficulty with which new firms can enter the industry in order to compete with existing firms. Natural and artificial barriers to entry –often arising from regulations – may play a pivotal role here. Where do you expect your firm’s market/industry/sector economic structure to be five years from now? Briefly explain your answer.