Accounting Analysis Paper #2
In chapter four we have explored various assets such as cash, receivables, inventory, plant assets, and intangibles. For the company that you have been analyzing throughout the semester(IBM Company), study the financial statements and notes for the areas we have studied throughout this chapter. Write an analysis of what you find out about your companys reporting of these assets. For example, what types of securities do they invest their cash in? What information have you found about their receivables? What method do they use for inventory? Analyze the age of their property, plant, and equipment. What is the average total lifespan and remaining life of this equipment? You should be able to summarize your analysis in around two pages. Please state what annual report and pages where you found these various bits of information.