06 May Choose a publicly traded corporation – any corporation. Choose one in an industry that is of interest to you. Choose a company that is different f

Choose a publicly traded corporation – any corporation. Choose one in an industry that is of interest to you. Choose a company that is different from your classmates. ( companies already selected by others are: ADP, Delta, Apple, Tesla, Netflix, Advance Micro Devices, Lucid, SeaWorld, Ford Motor, Johnson and Johnson, Berkshire Hathaway, Curaleaf Inc, Next Star media Group inc and 3M corporation)

Download your company's latest 10-K report. You will use this same corporation and 10-K for all the DQ's during the next eight weeks.

Discussion Questions

1. Provide a summary overview of your company – industry, products, markets, etc. How would you rate your company's performance recently? Is there any recent financial news (acquisitions, sharebuy backs)?

2. What are the dollar amount of the Assets, liabilities, and equity of your company for the last two years? Where has the growth/decline in changes in the balances occurred? You can add a table to your DQ.

3. From the Statement of Cash Flows, did they have a positive or negative cash flow? How did they use their cash in Operating, investing, financing activities? You can add a table to your DQ.

4. Who is the CFO of your company? What is their background, compensation?

For example: it should look like:

iscussion Questions

1. Provide a summary overview of your company – industry, products, markets, etc. How would you rate your company's performance recently? Is there any recent financial news (acquisitions, share buybacks)?

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( BRK.A ;  BRK.B ) is a diversified holding company whose subsidiaries engage in insurance, freight rail transportation, energy generation, distribution, services, manufacturing, retailing, and other activities.1 Berkshire also holds an extensive portfolio of equity securities and derivatives, which heavily impact the company's reported financial performance. Source: Investopedia

Based on financial information obtained from Yahoo Finance, looking at a five-year Nasdaq Real-Time Price graph on May 4, 2020, the stock price was $176.83, and today, the stock price is at $318.19. That is an increase/growth of $141.36. After seeing this information, it would stand to reason that the stock is fairing well. 

News from MarketWatch.com

Headline: Crypto enthusiasts sniff at Buffett, Munger comments on bitcoin. ‘It took them decades before they decided to invest in Apple,’ one analyst says. 

Synopsis: Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger doubled down on their criticism of bitcoin at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting Saturday, while crypto enthusiasts appear unswayed. Munger said, ‘In my life, I try and avoid things that are stupid, evil and make me look bad in comparison to somebody else…bitcoin does all three'.

2. What are the dollar amounts of your company's assets, liabilities, and equity for the last two years? Where has the growth/decline in changes in the balances occurred? You can add a table to your DQ.

                   2021        2020

Assets        958,784   873,729

Liabilities    443,854   422,393

Equity        514,930   451,336

3. From the Statement of Cash Flows, did they have a positive or negative cash flow? How did they use their cash in Operating, investing, and financing activities? You can add a table to your DQ.

                                2021      2020      2019

Positive Cash Flow 88,706   48,396   64,632 

4. Who is the CFO of your company? What are their background and compensation?

Mr. Marc David Hamburg is the Sr. VP, CFO and his pay is $3.33M.