Saundra Brown, Charlene Caldwell, Ludonna Flanningan, Shana Mount
MMPBL/503
Professor Brian Friedel
November 30, 2009
Comprehensive Problem
The basic financial statements – balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement – all provide managers will valuable information. But there are a number of other types of analysis that can give the financial manager insights so he can better manager the business and improve the organization’s profitability. This paper will present a 7 step program with answers and recommendations along with discussion on trends, ratios, and stock performance. Sun Microsystems is a leading supplier of computer related product, including servers, workstations, storage devices, and network switches. Sun Microsystems are used for commercial and technical applications in various industries like telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, government, education and research, retail, health care, digital media and entertainment (Sun Microsystems, 2009). Sun Microsystems operates in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America (Sun Microsystems, 2009). Mr. Scott G. McNealy, President and CEO of Sun Microsystems, acknowledges in a letter to the stockholders a 2001 annual report on the condition of the company and the growth over this period of time. He has used various charts, and major income statements along with other examples. Sun Microsystems has used the financial analysis tools – the balance sheet, income statement to convey to the stockholders how the company has done from 1998 until 2001. Within those tools, one can answer many questions about the corporation’s financial health. This paper will use
