equity analysis of union pacific corp
TOPICS TO COVER IN DETAIL (using these required headings – points off for missing headings): INVESTMENT SUMMARY Write this after you have written everything else, even though this must be placed up front. This should be a detailed summary of all the important results of your research and conclusions made. Begin with your recommendation (clearly stated) and provide specific support for and the rationale for why you are making it. Be sure to include recent earnings, earnings estimates and growth expectations, and any key drivers or metrics of note. I should be able to read this summary and understand all the main points made in the paper to follow. BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Describe the business so that someone who had never heard of it understands what it does. [unique_solution]Is it mostly a single product company, or does it provide a wide range of very different products across a range of sub-industries? Where does it do business – is it regional, national, global? Don’t pose these questions and answer them, but a reader should understand this from your brief and original desсrіption of the company. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW Discuss the Sector and Industry overall. What are the key metrics, trends, and growth prospects for the industry? Is the industry growing, in decline, subject to business cycles? COMPETITIVE POSITIONING What is your assigned company’s position in the industry? Is it a leader, a small player, is it growing relative to its peers? Has it been falling short, and/or earning less than the competition? What are its competitive advantages relative to key competitors? VALUATION Use relative valuation ratios to compare your company with its peers in the industry. Don’t just list a bunch of ratios, i.e. be sure to add some discussion and analysis here. How does your company compare with its peers for P/Ettm, P/Eforward, P/Sales, P/Book, and EV/EBITDA? Is your company valued higher or lower than its peers and to what degree? Do all the ratios lead you to the same over- or under-valued conclusion? What other measures were suggested in the S&P/CFRA reports? You should incorporate these into your analysis. Make sure you have a recommendation on your stock that agrees with the data you have and are discussing. You can like a company, but that doesn’t make the stock a “Buy” if it is overvalued. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS IMPORTANT: Provide a bolded sub-heading for each ratio or topic discussed, e.g. ROE: Earnings growth: (Etc…) Analyze the ratios of your company relative to its peers, discussing ROE, earnings growth for the next year, earnings growth long term, and many other ratios and data suggested by the S&P reports for a company in your industry. Include historical performance as a part of your estimates RE: future performance. Thus, using the bolded sub-headings mentioned above, you should be explicitly pointing out the ratios that CFRA analysts say should be used when analyzing a company in your industry. Then discuss them. refer to the files to cite sources but do not cite sources in essay but on a works cited page