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Session 2021/2022 – Semester II

EIA1010 Introduction to Financial Management and Accounting

Continuous Assessment: Group Assignment (30%)

Start Date: 21st March 2022 (Week 2)


Submission Date: 29th May 2022 (Week 10)
Assessment: Group (6 members)
Learning Outcome: Examine the financial health of firms using information from financial
statements (CLO1)

The year of 2020 was a tough year for businesses around the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The
enforcement of mandatory quarantines and lockdowns put economic activities to a halt for many
months. While most industries are badly affected by the pandemic, some are thriving during the public
health crisis.

The aim of this assignment is to assess the financial performance and financial position of the selected
firms during the pandemic year of 2020.

You are required to perform ratio analysis on three (3) Malaysian public listed merchandising firms.
Selected companies must be different for each group. List of companies:
https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/equities_prices

Instructions

1. You are required to write a report for this assignment.


2. Your assignment should be typed, checked for similarity using Turnitin, and uploaded to Spectrum
before the deadline.
3. Each group members are required to give full commitment and contribute to the assignment.

Report Outline

1. Provide a brief background of the three (3) firms.


2. Compute and interpret the financial ratios for the three (3) selected firms in year 2020 (answers
should be rounded up to two (2) decimal points). Show your work.
a) Liquidity Ratio
i. Current Ratio
ii. Acid Test Ratio
iii. Inventory Turnover Ratio
iv. Accounts Receivables Turnover Ratio
v. Accounts Payables Turnover Ratio
b) Efficiency Ratio
i. Earnings Per Share
ii. Return on Capital Employed
iii. Return on Asset
iv. Return on Equity
c) Leverage Ratio
i. Debt Ratio
1
ii. Interest Cover Ratio
d) Profitability Ratio
i. Gross Profit Margin
ii. Operating Profit Margin
iii. Net Profit Margin
3. Discuss the impact of the pandemic on the three (3) selected firms as revealed by your analyses.
Your discussion can be based on time-series analysis, cross-sectional analysis, using industry
benchmark or any other additional data from the internet, journal articles, forums and etc.
4. Provide your own recommendations to improve the financial performance/position of the firms.

Format & Submission

1. Report format: Font types: Arial; Font size: 11 with 1 ½ spacing; Align text: Justify.
2. No. of pages: No minimum or maximum number of pages.
3. Cover page: Include group number, student’s name, ID numbers, date of submission, course name
and code, and lecturer’s name.
4. References: Use “APA” format for references (if any).

Assessment Criteria

Report Component Marks (%)


Company Background 3
Ratio Calculation 9
Ratio Interpretation 6
Discussion 9
Recommendation 3
TOTAL 30

Reminder

1. Late submission – Marks will be penalized at the discretion of the lecturer.


2. Plagiarism is a serious academic offense and strictly prohibited. Assignment submission containing
any plagiarism content will strictly be rejected. Plagiarism means taking and using another person’s
ideas or manner of expressing them and passing them off as one’s own. For example, by failing to
give appropriate acknowledgment. The material used can be from any source (staff, students, or the
internet, published or unpublished works).

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