Easy company to model?

What are considered easier industries to model?

I have to do one for a class project and don't want to do a conglomerate or a financial company.

Although I don't know if this will be 'easier,' I am thinking something like Sprint

Any suggestions?

How to Choose a Company to Model for a Class Project

Several WSO members have asked a similar question (see related reading below), so between these links you should be set for your next class project. Here are some specific tips from this thread:

  • Small, unsophisticated company with limited debt profile
  • Anything public, simply because you can get all the information you need
  • Any retail business is relatively intuitive and should make for an easy business to project, ex: Underarmor, Nike, Mcdonalds, Leap Wireless
  • A business you can visualized the drivers makes understanding how the model should work more manageable
  • Chipotle
  • McCormick
  • Coach
  • Walgreens
  • CVS

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Sprint: Too Complicated of a Debt Structure.
MSFT: What does stock price have to do with modeling the business? Way to complicated to correctly model.

Any retail business is relatively intuitive and should make for an easy business to project. Underarmor, Nike, Mcdonalds, Leap Wireless. A business you can visualized the drivers makes understanding how the model should work more manageable.

 

do any big public company with limited debt structure, something like microsoft, google with loads of cash

what kind of models are you talking about though? If you are doing full blown out operating / valuation models, tech companies will be tough to project out, whereas a retail company is probably easier

 

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