Instruction
Exxon Mobil’s Ratios HR Strategy
The following elements need to be included in paper:
1. Research Exxon Mobil’s financials using the key ratios on in Principles of Managerial Finance
2. Use the last two years of actual results and Exxon Mobil’s generated forecast for the coming year. If the forecast is not available for your use, use the last three years of actual data.
• Analyze Exxon Mobil and mention if it is for profit, publicly traded and headquartered in the United States.
3. Navigate to http://financials.morningstar.com/ to obtain financials and ratio analysis for Exxon Mobil.
4. Once on the page, enter the stock symbol to retrieve the income statement. Click on the balance sheet tab for a full view of the company including the “Key Ratios” tab. Retrieve ratios for Exxon Mobil and competitors from the portal.
5. Select those ratios that you feel are most important to tell the story of how Exxon Mobil has performed and will perform in the coming year. Concentrate on the trends in the ratios.
6. Using the format below and write a section for Exxon Mobil for each of the five ratio categories:
• Liquidity
• Activity
• Debt
• Profitability
• Market
7. In the body of the text for each category use the ratios that you selected for that category to tell your story.
• You may use tables and charts where appropriate
• Define each term, category name, ratio, or acronym before you use it
• You may uncover trends. For example, the current ratio has increased after the 2008 credit crunch
• You may uncover changes which were caused by strategic management decisions in earlier periods
• Ensure that you make comparisons across the various years of data and comparisons to competitors/industry peers
8. Complete two concluding paper sections: Human Capital Strategy Analysis and Proposal-Based on the research and analysis of Exxon and its competitors what are you able to determine about the present and evolving human resources strategy, business strategy, and financial strategy of the organization? Given the direction of your company what questions should the HR function be asking? What HR Strategy recommendations, proposals, or projects should HR leaders consider to maintain the competitive advantage of the company?
Overall Paper Conclusions: from your analysis what do you conclude about the company’s past performance, positioning amongst its competitors, and future prospects for growth and performance?
9. Seven-page maximum (seven full written pages not inclusive of cover page, abstract, appendix or APA citations list).
10. Include a cover page, the ratio data and cross-sectional analysis, abstract, and a source list.
11. APA format required with sources and citations (5-7 cites required).