Research Guides: MET315 Engineering Economics (Neuhard): Pg. 6 Financial Concerns

Financial Impacts

Page 6: Financial performance of the company: Are there any major positive or negative financial concerns about the company? Discuss how your company is doing relative to its sector and competition.

HINTS:

Use your company's 10-K forms and annual reports for this information
Look on the company's Website under "Information for Investors," "Publications," or use the "Site Map" link
If you can find it in text or PDF format, do a search within the document (Ctrl + F will bring up your "find" tool) for words/phrases such as "positive," "negative," "growth," and "risk factors"

Financial Impact Resources

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Under the Company Details tab, select SEC Filings
From the SEC Filings tab, select the filing that you want from the list

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Search your company's name and the phrase "annual report" (making sure you include the quotation marks).