Financial Analysis of Yum! Company

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to analyze the operating activities of Yum! Company and evaluate the company. And in the process of analysis, the thesis will use different financial analysis methods such as common-size analysis and financial ratio analysis. It is possible to analyze financial statement of the company and know its operating activities. There are five parts in this thesis. The first part is introduction; it will show you some basic information about the company. The second part is description of methodology of financial analysis, in this part, some basic methods’ definition will be given and their usages will be introduced clearly. And most of these ratios will be used in the analysis part. This chapter provides a theoretical background of the analyzing part. Only to know the methods, we can analyze some ratios which affect the company. The third part describes the situation of Yum! Company. The current situation of the company will be introduced and it will be compared with its competitors. Their weakness, strength, and opportunities will be mentioned too. The fourth part is the financial analysis of Yum! Company, it’s the most important part in the thesis. Some methods also will be used to analysis this company which are introduced in the second part. I compare the financial statement of the company from 2007 to 2011. The last part is conclusion, some summary and conclusion will be given in this part.