Grand Canyon University Carbon X Stockholder Report Create a stockholder report using data from a business simulation program. Attached will be the backgro

Grand Canyon University Carbon X Stockholder Report Create a stockholder report using data from a business simulation program. Attached will be the background and history of the created company.

Requirements

Balanced Scorecard

A. Export the following reports from the simulation and submit them as attachments:

• the cumulative balance scorecard with an overall positive cumulative total performance score

• the conscious scorecard report

Stockholder Report

B. Create a written stockholder report for the board of directors and stockholders, using the attached “Stockholder Report Template,” in which you do the following:

1. Analyze how four corporate strategic thrusts that you selected within the simulation drove two of your financial decisions and two of your nonfinancial decisions.

2. Reflect on the decisions that were made during the last three quarters of the simulation by doing the following:

Note: Support for your reflection may include graphs and other data.

a. Explain two decisions that you would change and why.

b. Explain two decisions that had a positive effect and how, including specific examples.

C. Discuss your company’s financial projections and valuation in relation to the company’s quarter seven (Q7) statement of cash flow, balance sheet, income statement, and stock history report by doing the following:

1. Calculate the projected return on investors equity (ROE) at end of quarter six (Q6) and explain the beneficial effect that this return would have for a venture capitalist investor.

2. Calculate a valuation of the company and explain how you came to that valuation.

Note: You should include, within your valuation, any financial data that you use to justify your valuation, such as statement of cash flows, balance sheet, income statement, and stock history report, which can all be exported from within the simulation. You may copy and paste the information directly into the stockholder report template.

Business Analysis

D. Analyze the overall performance of the business compared to the financial reports from the simulation by doing the following:

Note: Use quarters four, five, and six when analyzing performance. The analysis should include definitions of the financial statistics that occurred for these three quarters. Refer to the simulation reports, including the balanced scorecard and conscious scorecard for the required data.

1. Analyze the effect on overall financial performance of one ratio from each of the following categories, including the performance measures found within the industry financial ratios tab within the simulation:

• liquidity ratios

• activity ratios

• leverage ratios

• profitability ratios

2. Analyze the beginning and ending cash positions from your statement of cash flows from quarter seven (Q7) for each of the following:

• cash flow from operating activities

• cash flow from investing activities

• cash flow from financing activities

3. Explain how three decisions that you made and are shown on your conscious scorecard affected the company’s performance.

E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.