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Q1. Use Microsoft Excel to solve the following:
Use Microsoft Excel to solve the following.
Download a company’s (TATAMOTORS.NS) financial statements like P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow etc for the past 10 years to solve the following questions.
Download TATAMOTORS.NS financial statements calculate the year-on-year growth rate of revenue. Create a bar chart to visualize the growth. Forecast the revenue for next three years.
Step 1: Download 10 Years of Financial Statements
Best source (free): Yahoo Finance
1. Go to Yahoo Finance and search: TATAMOTORS.NS
2. Open the Financials tab → Income Statement
3. Switch to Annual
4. Copy the Total Revenue for the last 10 years
5. Paste into Excel like this:
Step 2: Calculate Year-on-Year (YoY) Revenue Growth
Add a new column:
=(B3-B2)/B2
Format as Percentage:
• Select column C
• Home → % (Percentage format)
Step 3: Create a Bar Chart for YoY Growth
1. Select Year (A2:A11) and YoY Growth % (C3:C11)
2. Go to Insert → Column or Bar Chart → Clustered Column
3. Add:
o Chart Title: Tata Motors YoY Revenue Growth
o Y-axis: Percentage (%)
4. Optional polish:
o Right-click bars → Add Data Labels
o Format negative years in red
Step 4: Forecast Revenue for Next 3 Years (Excel Method 1 – Built-in Forecast)
Assume:
• Year in column A
• Revenue in column B
1. Add future years:
o 2025
o 2026
o 2027
2. Click on the Revenue column (B2:B11)
3. Go to Data → Forecast Sheet
4. Set:
o Forecast end: 2027
o Confidence Interval: Optional
5. Click Create
Excel will generate:
• Forecasted revenue
• Upper & lower bounds
• A forecast chart
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