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Performance Analysis of Financial Markets

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1 Running Head: FACEBOOK ANALYSIS 2 FACEBOOK ANALYSIS Assignment Title Student Name Student Number Course Name Instructor Name Date Introduction 3 Financial Performance Analysis 3 Liquidity Analysis 4 Profitability 5 Efficiency 7 Capital Structure 9 Stock Market Performance 10 Problems or Limitation 11 Recommendation 12 Conclusion 13 Reference 14 Introduction Facebook Inc., is a company that falls under the Internet information providing industry was incorporated on 29, July 2004 (Yahoo Finance, n.d.). Liquidity Analysis The five-year liquidity ratios of the Facebook are
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Running Head: FACEBOOK ANALYSISAssignment TitleStudent NameStudent NumberCourse NameInstructor NameDate1
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FACEBOOK ANALYSISTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Financial Performance Analysis......................................................................................................3Liquidity Analysis.......................................................................................................................4Profitability..................................................................................................................................5Efficiency.....................................................................................................................................7Capital Structure..........................................................................................................................9Stock Market Performance........................................................................................................10Problems or Limitation..................................................................................................................11Recommendation...........................................................................................................................12Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13Reference.......................................................................................................................................142
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FACEBOOK ANALYSISIntroductionFacebook Inc., is a company that falls under the Internet information providing industry was incorporated on 29, July 2004 (Yahoo Finance, n.d.). Facebook focuses on building productsthat would make people connect with each other using a computer, mobile or any other devices (Reuters, n.d.). The Company provides a safe and secured platform to share their personal and professional information with others across the world and provides all world information to them. The product of the company includes Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Oculus, and Messengers. They provide platforms that are extensively used by various companies for marketing their products, and they generate revenue by selling advertisement placements to marketers. Facebook is popular around the world and is used by millions of people across the globe. In this paper, there is a detailed financial analysis performed to know about the financial performed of Facebook and recommendations are provided for improving them.Financial Performance AnalysisIt is essential to make a comparative financial analysis using the historical financial information of the company. In this case, the five-year financial ratio is taken into consideration for making an analysis of the financial performance and position of the company. There are industrial data available for the company that is used for making a comparative analysis so an appropriate evaluation of the financial performance of Facebook can be performed. In this section, there is a detailed analysis of liquidity, profitability, efficiency, capital structure and stock performance of the company over the past five years.3
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FACEBOOK ANALYSISLiquidity AnalysisThe five-year liquidity ratios of the Facebook are as follows:20122013201420152016IndustryCurrent Ratio10.7111.889.611.2511.972.41Quick Ratio10.2611.469.0410.9111.631.33 Data Source: Reuters, n.d. and Morningstar, n.d.Current ratio and quick ratio indicates the liquidity position of the company. The current ratio of the company is disclosing a fluctuating trend. It increased during 2013 and decreased during 2014. But the current ratio of the company is consistently increased from 2015. When compared to the industrial ratio the current ratio of Facebook is considerably higher. A quick ratio of the company is disclosing a fluctuating trend. It increased during 2013 and decreased during 2014. But the quick ratio of the company is consistently increased from 2015. When compared to the industrial ratio the quick ratio of Facebook is considerably higher. Thus, the overall liquidity position of the company is significantly higher when compared to the industry. It indicates that Facebook has better working capital management and has strong liquidity position that will enable them to have better business operation management. ProfitabilityThe five-year profitability ratio and percentage change on Year on Year basis for all the ratios:4
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