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Final Project Milestone One
Guidelines and Rubric
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FIN 320 Final Project Milestone One
Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
This milestone is the first in a series of connected assignments leading up to your Final Project. In
Milestone One, you’ll analyze and evaluate a business’s financial health and recommend financing
op!ons that can improve it. Use the Final Project Business Op!ons List to choose the business
that you’ll examine in your Final Project. Then use Mergent Online to locate the latest quarterly
financial statements for the business: the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow
statement.
Scenario
The CFO of your company has asked for your support in preparing a report for the business’s board
of directors. Many of the board members are new, and some of them have li”le background in
finance. With this in mind, you will need to write a report that all board members can easily
understand.
Directions
Write a short paper that introduces the business you chose for your final project.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Business Selec!on: Select a company from the Final Project Business Op!ons List and describe
the business you chose, including the business name and what the business offers consumers.
Financial Statements: Using Mergent Online, look up the balance sheet, the income statement,
and the cash flow statement for the latest fiscal quarter for the business you chose. Use these
statements to accurately report the following values:
i. Total assets
ii. Total liabili!es
iii. Current assets
iv. Current liabili!es
v. Net income
vi. Shares outstanding
vii. Earnings per share (EPS)
viii. Total revenue
ix. Shareholders’ equity
Financial Statement Role: Explain why financial statements are important to a business and
how they help a business determine its financial health.
Cash Flow Management: Use a financial news story from the past two months as an example
to explain why cash flow management is important to a business and its financial health.
What to Submit
Your submission should be a 4- to 5-paragraph Microso$ Word document with 12-point Times
New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. All sources should be cited using APA
style. Include the Balance Sheet and Income Statement from Mergent Online with your
submission.
Final Project Milestone One Rubric
Needs Improvement
(70%)
Criteria
Proficient (100%)
Not Complete (0%)
Value
Business
Selec!on
Describes the
business chosen,
including the
business name and
what the business
offers consumers
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions; areas for
improvement may
include describing in
more detail the
business chosen,
including the
business name or
what the business
offers consumers
Does not a”empt
criterion
15
Financial
Statements
Uses the financial
statements for the
latest fiscal quarter
for the chosen
business and
accurately reports
the values requested
Shows progress
Does not a”empt
toward proficiency,
criterion
but with errors or
omissions; areas for
improvement may
include accurately
repor!ng the values
or not repor!ng all
the values requested
15
Financial
Statement
Role
Explains why
financial statements
are important to a
business and how
they help a business
figure out its
financial health
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions; areas for
improvement may
include explaining in
more detail why
financial statements
are important to a
business and how
they help a business
figure out its
financial health
Does not a”empt
criterion
25
Cash Flow
Uses a financial
Management news story from the
past two months as
an example to
explain why cash
flow management is
important to a
business and its
financial health
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors or
omissions; areas for
improvement may
include using more
detail when using a
financial news story
from the past two
months to explain
why cash flow
management is
important to a
business and its
financial health
Does not a”empt
criterion
25
Ar!cula!on
of Response
Shows progress
toward proficiency,
but with errors in
grammar, sentence
structure, and
spelling, nega!vely
impac!ng readability
Submission has
cri!cal errors in
grammar, sentence
structure, and
spelling, preven!ng
understanding of
ideas
10
Uses cita!ons for
ideas requiring
a”ribu!on, with
major errors
Does not use
cita!ons for ideas
requiring a”ribu!on
10
Total:
100%
Clearly conveys
meaning with
correct grammar,
sentence structure,
and spelling,
demonstra!ng an
understanding of
audience and
purpose
Cita!ons and Uses cita!ons for
A”ribu!ons ideas requiring
a”ribu!on, with few
or no minor errors
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