Evaluation of Financial Situation of China Telecom Company

Abstract

Financial analysis is very important for a company. We can understand the ability to grow of the company, the past development of the company, whether the company should be long-term holders of shares. The goal of the thesis is to analyze financial performance of China Telecom Corporation Limited on the basis of financial reports during 2009 to 2013. In this thesis, we also will introduce the financial situation about the China Telecom Corporation Limited. This thesis includes five parts. The first part and last part are introduction and conclusion. In the second part we will describe of the financial analysis methodology, including common-size analysis, financial ratio analysis, Dupont analysis and influence quantification. The third part, we will introduce the China Telecom Corporation Limited and general information about the company, including the business of the company, the history of the company and so on. The fourth part is the key part of the thesis. We will evaluate the financial situation of the company, we will make financial ratio analysis, common-size analysis and so on, based on the annual financial reports during 2009 to 2013.

Financial analysis is very important for a company. We can understand the ability to grow of the company, the past development of the company, whether the company should be long-term holders of shares. The goal of the thesis is to analyze financial performance of China Telecom Corporation Limited on the basis of financial reports during 2009 to 2013. In this thesis, we also will introduce the financial situation about the China Telecom Corporation Limited. This thesis includes five parts. The first part and last part are introduction and conclusion. In the second part we will describe of the financial analysis methodology, including common-size analysis, financial ratio analysis, Dupont analysis and influence quantification. The third part, we will introduce the China Telecom Corporation Limited and general information about the company, including the business of the company, the history of the company and so on. The fourth part is the key part of the thesis. We will evaluate the financial situation of the company, we will make financial ratio analysis, common-size analysis and so on, based on the annual financial reports during 2009 to 2013.