Financial Analysis of a Selected Company

Abstract

The goal of the thesis is to perform the financial analysis of Wuhan Department Store Group Co Ltd. In this thesis, we analyze the financial data of Wuhan Department Store Group Co Ltd. (Wu Group) from 2008 to 2012. The data includes the company’s balance sheets, income statement and cash flow statement. There are five chapters in the thesis. In the first chapter we introduce the structure and provide basic information about each chapter. The second chapter consists of description of the financial analysis methodology, which can be used to analyze the company’s financial statements. There are three main parts: common-size analysis, financial ratio analysis and DuPont analysis. In the third chapter, there are some information of Wu Group, including Wu Group’s history, strategy and structure. The fourth chapter is the application of financial analysis, including common-size analysis, financial ratio analysis, and DuPont analysis. In the last chapter the summary and conclusion is provided. Based on the obtained results, Wu Group shows good ability of managing and selling. But it needs to find out ways to solve some problems, such as small equity, not good enough profitability and so on.