Financial Situation Assessment of the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Lun Gao

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

This thesis will focus on the financial situation assessment of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company and use the data from the annual report of the company to calculate and to analysis. In general, we divide this these into six chapter. The first chapter is the introduction of main goal of this thesis. The chapter two will give a statement of the financial analysis methods of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company which used in this thesis. This chapter will list the methods and the formula and give briefly explanation about how to use this formula and what the meaning of its result. The chapter three will introduce the history and present financial situation of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company and the condition of the company for example the main product of the company, which industry the company belongs to, the status of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company in this industry, etc. In the chapter four we will use the financial analysis method to analyze the financial condition of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company in detail. The chapter five, we get the result of the chapter four and then we use the result to get the prospects of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company in the next chapter. The chapter six we get the conclusion of the financial situation of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company, this conclusion will help the investor determine whether they invest their money on this company’s stock or bonds, also help the leadership of the company find the problem of the company and to improve it. In this chapter, we will use the vertical common size analysis and the horizontal common size analysis to analysis the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company from 2009 to 2014.

Abstract:

This thesis will focus on the financial situation assessment of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company and use the data from the annual report of the company to calculate and to analysis. In general, we divide this these into six chapter. The first chapter is the introduction of main goal of this thesis. The chapter two will give a statement of the financial analysis methods of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company which used in this thesis. This chapter will list the methods and the formula and give briefly explanation about how to use this formula and what the meaning of its result. The chapter three will introduce the history and present financial situation of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company and the condition of the company for example the main product of the company, which industry the company belongs to, the status of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company in this industry, etc. In the chapter four we will use the financial analysis method to analyze the financial condition of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company in detail. The chapter five, we get the result of the chapter four and then we use the result to get the prospects of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company in the next chapter. The chapter six we get the conclusion of the financial situation of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company, this conclusion will help the investor determine whether they invest their money on this company’s stock or bonds, also help the leadership of the company find the problem of the company and to improve it. In this chapter, we will use the vertical common size analysis and the horizontal common size analysis to analysis the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow of the Lockheed Martin Space System Company from 2009 to 2014.

Keywords

financial analysis, finantial ratios, pyramidal decomposition, common size analysis, influence quantification, sensitivity analysis

Keywords

financial analysis, finantial ratios, pyramidal decomposition, common size analysis, influence quantification, sensitivity analysis

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 6. 5. 2016

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 6. 6. 2016
• Supervisor: Miroslav Čulík
• Reader: Aleš Kresta

VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava

Ekonomická fakulta

Bachelor programme / field:
Hospodářská politika a správa / Finance