Employ various tools for financial analyses to evaluate operating efficiency, investing performance and financing strategy for Ford Motors. Output from these financial analyses will be used as a basis of subsequent prospective analyses. Following are few tips for your financial analysis. Organize your
report in the following ways:
• Introduction.
• Follow the sustainable growth rate framework to organize ratio analysis;
o Make sub-sections based on this framework
o Overall Profitability,
o Operating management,
o Investment management,
o Financing decision and dividend policy etc.
o Sustainable growth rate
• In each subsection, provide ratios in tabular format shown below and provide your comments as detailed as
possible to assess for operating, investing, and financing performance.
• Cash flow analysis
• Conclusion
o Appendix