Blue S2

Hey everyone, i am working on a project for a finance class and i need some assistance. The project is to take a company and analyze them financially against a competitor or the industry average.

I of course chose Porsche. Well, they dont really have a good competitor to use, and i wasnt able to find Ferrari's annual report.

Does anyone know where to get, or have access to auto-industry averages for financial information? (ROE, debt ratios, Inventory turnovers, profit margins, ROI, etc.. etc...)

If not, does anyone know of a good competitor for Porsche, or where i can get the annual report for 2003 for Ferrari, Aston Martin, or Lamborghini ?

Thanks-

grizzy

TRy harder!!! Use BMW or Volvo or something that trades as an ADR in the US--otherwise good luck

johnny1423

try www.automotivenews.com

MJBird993

You've picked a tough one. Only public companies publish these things. Ferrari is still (to my knowledge) a private company. Lambo is owned by Mercedes/Chrysler, Aston/Martin is owned by Ford (I think) and I don't think that they'll break down those numbers in any annual report.

Maybe you should have picked a cat food company?

Michael

Keyvan

Lambo is owned by Audi which is owned by VW,

MJBird993

I stand corrected. I know Chrysler/Daimler bought some exotic car manufacturer; I thought it was Lambo. Who is it? Or did they buy it and then sell it to VW?

Very confusing when a Mazda is really a Ford and a Saab is a GM. I guess the only small independents left are Porsche and BMW.

Michael