IB9Y9 – Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis Individual Assignment, 2024-2025 This is a structured individual assignment and involves all aspects of valuation techniques. Your case company is Marks and Spencer listed on the London Stock Exchange. You are assessed based partly on your technical skills, but also the extent to which you understand the materials covered in the module. Good discussion should include relevant readings and examples, as well as refer tightly to your own analysis to support your arguments. You are required to provide full technical demonstrations in appendices, including full reformulation, value-relevant ratio analysis (advanced DuPont analysis), and abnormal operating profit analysis. Word limit figures for each section are for guidance only. Please also take good care in presenting the report and use adequate citations and references. You are required to write an equity research report on Marks and Spencer, using the company’s 2024 set of financial accounts. The report be up to 2,500 words long, including tables, figures, appendices and footnotes but excluding references. Please save all text as text (not as pictures). You should follow the format and content described below. Your report should include: 1. A summary page of the report and recommendation. (200 words max. 10% of […]