The following are guidelines to help you with your company’s analysis. The company that needs to be analyzed is Saudi Aramco (Make sure it is for Saudi Aramco Oil Company). (Please utilize annual Saudi Aramco report for 2023). Nonetheless, you may need to analyze another one or look to the industry ratios if needed, (compare your main company, which is Saudi Aramco, to the industry-use Ma’aden Mining Company -).

The following guidelines are the requirements that need to be done:

You have SAR 750,000, and you can borrow SAR 250,000 from the bank at an interest rate of 8%. You can buy Saudi Aramco stock; however, you must maintain account of your investment (date of purchase should be on January1, 2024 or later) and then analyze your investment on May 10, 2024.

Additionally, you need to select another company that would represent the industry. Then do the same for both companies.

Generally speaking:

Step #1 – Defining and describe the company

1) Name the company and ownership structure

2) Location of company; its main line of business

3) Equity shares versus debts

4) Specify the number of shares valued and total outstanding shares

5) Non-controlling versus controlling interest (if any)

6) Any other information you feel the reader should know

Step #2 – Data Discovery

The information required includes (but is not limited to):

1) Company Information on:

a) Financial

b) Operational

2) Industry information

a) Economics literature covering the company and its industry.

Step #3 – Data Analysis

A. Qualitative Analysis – emphasis is on assessing qualitative risk and competitive advantages or disadvantages.

1)Description and analysis of Subject Company’s

a) SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)

2) Macroeconomic and microeconomic research

a) Analysis of the macro and microeconomic forces which affect performance and outlook of the Industry research

b) Size in Riyals of industry revenues

c) Size characteristics of industry

d) Do companies compete on price? Service? Product quality? (Indicate its strategy)? Why you think this is suitable strategy for it, or not, explain.

B. Quantitative Analysis

1) Analysis of Subject Company on basis of:

a) Growth

b) Profitability

c) Asset management

d) Coverage

e) Leverage

Step #4 Conclusion

Finally, please refer to the attached files where more details must be followed.

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