Essay Instructions: Unit Title: Business Data Analysis
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Assignment Title: “Fortune names RIM fastest growing company... in the world”
Learning outcomes:
4 Critically appraise the techniques employed/models formulated. Discuss the appropriateness/shortcomings of the solutions presented.
5 Propose/analyse policy alternatives based on the analysis of the data/models. Provide an analysis of alternative policies and recommend appropriate solutions
Assessment Criteria: Learning Outcomes with the corresponding Assessment Criteria
Grading/
Criteria A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
LO4:
Critically appraise the techniques employed/models formulated. Questions: 5 and 6 have been accurately calculated and comprehensively discussed. Questions: 5 and 6 have been accurately calculated and discussed. Questions: 5 and 6 have been calculated and discussed. Questions: 5 and 6 have been calculated. Questions: 5 and 6 have been attempted.
Grading/
Criteria A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E
16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
LO5:
Propose/analyse policy alternatives based on the analysis of the data/models. Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 have been accurately calculated and comprehensively discussed. Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 have been accurately calculated and discussed. Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 have been calculated and discussed. Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 have been calculated. Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 have been attempted.
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Fortune names RIM fastest growing company... in the world
by Donald Melanson posted Aug 18th 2009 at 12:22PM
It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise that RIM is doing pretty well even in the face of an economic downturn, but it looks like it's been doing really well -- at least according to Fortune, which has just named the Canadian company the fastest growing firm in the world. That's apparently based on a combination of profits, turnover, and investment return over three years which, in RIM's case, translates an 84% growth in profits in the past three years, a 77% growth in revenue, and a total return of 45%. It's also actually the first time RIM has made the list, although that's at least partly due to the fact that Fortune didn't include non-US firms last time around.
In September of every year Fortune Magazine publishes its Fastest Growing Companies list. The companies are ranked on revenue, earnings growth, and their stock returns over the past three years. This is a list dominated by traditional business areas, even though it is a list of fastest growing rather than biggest or most profitable. eBay is an online business, and a couple of the others do some significant online business, but overwhelmingly this is a list of pre-internet areas of business: steel, food, energy, medicine and so on.
What makes these companies performance to be considered as fast growing companies, how do they perform in the long run and what advantages and disadvantages do fast growing companies face? These are all interesting questions to be considered. Table 1.0 below gives data concerning the 30 fastest ??"growing companies as listed on March 16, 2005, on the Fortune magazine website.
Tabel 1.0: data concerning the 30 fastest ??"growing companies as listed on March 16, 2005, on the Fortune magazine website
Rank Company EPS Growth Revenue Growth Total Return
1 InVision Technologies 222% 93% 135%
2 eResearch Technology 256% 43% 218%
3 New Century Financial 85% 91% 89%
4 Central European Distribution 98% 49% 135%
5 eBay 92% 70% 39%
6 National Medical Health Card Sys 85% 44% 107%
7 Countrywide Financial 78% 71% 46%
8 Neoware Systems 76% 70% 47%
9 Friedman Billing Ramsey Group 93% 52% 44%
10 Bradley Pharmaceuticals 59% 59% 76%
11 Middleby 91% 33% 109%
12 Hovnanian Enterprises 71% 40% 69%
13 Websense 162% 60% 23%
14 Sanders Morris Harris Group 185% 35% 36%
15 Career Education 66% 51% 45%
16 American Healthways 167% 48% 28%
17 United PanAm Financial 65% 39% 62%
18 FTI Consulting 105% 61% 19%
19 Jarden 99% 25% 109%
20 Par Pharmaceutical 143% 87% 5%
21 Capital Title Group 84% 87% 21%
22 Advanced Neuromodulation 128% 46% 24%
23 Possis Medical 76% 38% 42%
24 Symantec 85% 30% 59%
25 ASV 128% 33% 32%
26 Chico's FAS 47% 43% 66%
27 Rewards Network 152% 29% 38%
28 Fidelity National Financial 64% 38% 38%
29 NetBank 107% 60% -1%
30 Electronic Arts 254% 32% 24%
Source: Fortune magazine website
Required:
1. Develop a stem-and-leaf display of the revenue growth percentages for the 30 fastest-growing companies and describe the shape of the distribution.
2. Develop a frequency distribution and a frequency histogram of the EPS (earnings per share) growth percentage. Then describe the shape of the distribution.
3. Construct a percent frequency polygon of the total return percentages and then describe the shape of the distribution.
4. Construct cumulative frequency and cumulative frequency distributions of the EPS (earnings per share) growth percentages. Then construct a relative frequency ogive of these percentages.
5. Calculate and provide a clear interpretation of the price/earnings ratio for each of the companies, provide a dot plot and describe the distribution of the P/E ratios.
6. Construct a dot plot of the total return percentages for the 30 fastest-growing companies and describe the distribution of return percentages.
7. How would you summaries your findings about the fastest-growing companies, pay particular attention to the questions posed earlier and the result of your data analysis.
Please note:
Your completed report must have a clear structure. It should be neatly and clearly presented and easy to follow. Diagrams and tables should have clear labels and be appropriately numbered. Please make sure you answer each question as fully as you can.
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