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First you need to decide what sort of company you want to investigate. While choosing a company, make sure it follows IFRS. We suggest that you to ? choose a sector you are interested in ? choose a company you may wish to work for in the future ? The company must be listed on the stock exchange ? You may avoid financial institutions because they have different components in their balance sheet. look at the company’s website and download a complete copy of their latest Annual Report which includes the company accounts and all the Notes to the Accounts. Important- if the ‘company’ we are using is actually a group of companies, then always use the Group or Consolidated information. Ignore the ‘Company’ information which only represents the parent or holding company. Detailed Assessment Criteria: The word count for the portfolio is 2,500 words excluding references (maximum ± 10% is allowed). Standard formatting requirements as mentioned in the students’ handbook. Total marks available per section: Executive Summary One page summary of the entire analysis to guide potential investor if he should invest in this company 10 marks General information about company 10 marks It can incorporate the segment reporting of the company Analysis of accounts Theoretical aspects, including reference to theory and a bibliography. Performance should be discussed from perspective of the different stakeholders, using a relevant range of ratios. A comparison should be made of the current and prior year using ratios. ? Shareholders 10 marks ? Suppliers 10 marks ? Managers 10 marks ? Lending institutions 10 marks Analysis of Cash Flow Statement View on operating, investing and financing activities of the company 10 marks Economic conditions Analysis of current economic situation as applied to industry sector in which your company is operating. 10 marks Report and conclusion Word count, proper formatting, referencing, appropriate conclusion 20 marks TOTAL (worth 10%) 100 marks To achieve a higher grade, you must include all of the above, plus your document should be professionally submitted: ? Excellent range of ratios and discussion of relevance from academic and business perspectives. Evidence of reading from a variety of sources. Large range of company data and excellent analysis of company culture Executive summary Guidelines for writing one page Executive Summary of the financial status of the company: Audience is a potential investor who only has time to read a single page of advice but needs to know the relevant facts. It’s a single page of text, 500 words max, the style is `report' - grammatically correct but concise and to the point It Includes: ? Highlights from your findings ? Key headings and limited information ? A few key statistics. ? Your recommendation and reasons on whether to invest in this company or not. Hand-in date and instructions Due in Week 4. Marks are easily lost if you submit late. Yes, you can submit early! The deadline will not be extended except under exceptional circumstances (usually supported by a medical certificate). Printing problems are not allowed as a viable reason for late submission. At the most, you can submit until Week 7, but that will incur 20% deduction in the marks earned. Submission in Week 8 will not be graded. Plagiarism Plagiarism is a serious academic offence (see students’ handbook), and not abiding by the regulations, your work will be marked as fail. You can follow the below checklist to prevent plagiarism. I have not copied another person’s work I have paraphrased everything other than quotes I have referenced every concept and idea All the in-text references have been incorporated in the end-text references

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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 2 
Executive Summary 
Zoopla is an online property development and information solution provider. Zoopla is 
located in the UK and they mainly focus on the UK based customers followed by Australian 
customers. They have two major business segments property services and comparison services. 
Zoopla has gained significant market recognition, and there is considerable improvement in their 
financial performance and financial position when compared to the previous year. Zoopla 
focuses on meeting the expectation of all the stakeholders of the company.  
Shareholders of the company mainly focus on the generating higher return and Zoopla is 
performing well and generating a higher return on investment. Suppliers focus on the repaying 
ability of the business which is significantly higher for the company. Managers of the company 
are empowered to make their decision and in effectively managing the resources, resulting in an 
improvement in the business performance and efficiency. Zoopla lenders observation indicates 
the higher level of leverage in the company and their chances of being exposed to the solvency 
risks is essential to pay attention to the management while raising funds for their investment. 
They give back more to their shareholders in the form of dividends.  
There is a significant improvement in the cash flow from business operations that 
indicates the business ability in generating cash. Overall cash management of the company is at 
average. There is a decrease in the cash balance mainly due to the debt repayment made during 
2016. Economic factors are a major influencer of the entire industry. Brexit, changes in interest 
rate, and changes in the immigration level has a direct impact on the industry. Zoopla is 
performing well, and there is a significant improvement in their sales. Still, there is more scope 
for improvement. From the various analysis, it creates that Zoopla is a suitable company for 
investment both for dividend earnings and for obtaining higher return on investment.  
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 3 
Company Overview 
Zoopla was founded in the year 2008, and they are in development of the online property 
information solution and provide provisions for the same. Zoopla has the following brand under 
them (ZPG, n.d.):  
 Zoopla – Enables customers to research the property and market data and information 
about the properties. 
 uSwitch – It is a home comparison and switching service provider that enables consumers 
to find best deals and to save more money on all their TV, mobile, financial services, etc. 
payments. 
 PrimeLocation – Helps the middle and upper-class people in the UK search and find best 
properties. Helps to find dream homes. 
 money.co.uk – It is a financial service comparison website has over 600 providers over 
60 products.  
 hometrack - It is a valuation model providing all insights about the properties in UK and 
Australia and has a partnership with more than 400 partners. 
 The Property Software – Provides software solution for managing the inventory, 
communication, and marketing.  
Many brands are operating under them, and they are operating their business under two 
major segments they are property services and comparison services. Property services mainly 
deal with the property advertisement services, and it includes the property software solution 
provided to the UK real estate agents and the letting agents. The property service segment 
provides provision for new home developers to advertise their home on their website and the 
company has provision for international property and international commercial property 
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 4 
advertisement, has display advertisement and data services. Under the comparison services, the 
business operation includes energy revenue that is electricity and gas switching services, 
communication services that include mobile, TV, broadband and switching of home phones.  
The company provides services includes financial service switching, business energy, 
boiler cover and data insight services (ZPG, 2016, p. 90). Comparison services of the company 
are generating higher revenue when compared to the property services for the company, but at 
the same time, the profit generated from the property services is higher than the comparison 
services. There is dramatic improvement in the revenue generating ability of comparison services 
from £27,659,000 in 205 to £110,978,000 in 2016 mainly due to the higher level of switching 
activity across all the verticals and there was strong traffic for the website that is totaling 600 
million visits to the Groups’ website (ZPG, 2016, p. 2).  
Analysis of Accounts 
Every company has more stakeholders, and it is essential for the business to provide all 
information that is essential by every stakeholder. The requirement and area of focus for every 
stakeholder are different, and it is essential to pay attention to all their requirements in an 
effective manner so that they are satisfied.  
Shareholders: 
Shareholders of the company are the investors of the company, and they are the owners 
of the company. A shareholder of the company invests in a company to generate a higher return 
on investment. As per the shareholder's theory, it is essential for an organization to pay more 
attention to the profit generation and higher return generating avenues (Saint & Tripathi, n.d.).

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