Analysis of United Technologies Corporation

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Analysis of United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Corporation, UTC, was founded in 1934 as United Aircraft Corporation and has since become a global leader in the aerospace industry. UTC is a multi-faceted and diverse company comprised of both an aerospace division and a building and industrial systems side. The aerospace side is comprised of; of Pratt Whitney, UTC Aerospace Systems and Sikorsky helicopters. The industrial side is comprised of; Otis, Carrier and Kidde. Having such a diverse and global mix of business brings both stability and cross functional talent to every business unit across the globe. With over 200,000 employees worldwide UTC has an uncompromised diverse workforce. The financial data that has been analyzed within will show conclusively how healthy UTC’s business is. The data will show areas that are striving and others that may be lacking. It is imperative that one look to multiple periods to gain a true understanding of the trends that are taking place. Overall Financial Health of UTC The financial health of a publicly traded company is used by potential investors looking to add value and profit to his or her portfolio. One may obtain this data from many different sources such as those used in this paper. The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, was founded to help protect investors by requiring by law publicly traded companies provide credible and relevant financial data for the public to access. There are also many online sites such as YahooFinance.com that anyone with access to the internet can use to research companies. Access to this financial data is the easy part, interpreting it is another matter. There are numerous ways to compile this data such as the common-size analysis (hor... ... middle of paper ... ...Western Cengage Learning. ISBN 13: 9781133188797 United States Security and Exchange Commission. (2014). United Technologies Corporation. Retrieved from https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101829/000010182914000006/a2013-12x31form10xk.htm#s20D0F3176F547A783F94555421F148B7 Value Line. (2014). United Tech.NYSE-UTX. Retrieved from http://www3.valueline.com/dow30/f9345.pdf Yahoo Finance. (2014). United Technologies Corp. (UTX). Retrieved from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=UTX+Balance+Sheet&annual Yahoo Finance. (2014). United Technologies Corp. (UTX). Retrieved from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cf?s=UTX+Cash+Flow&annual Yahoo Finance. (2014). United Technologies Corp. (UTX). Retrieved from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=UTX+Income+Statement&annual Yahoo Finance. (2014). United Technologies Corp. (UTX). Retrieved from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/sec?s=UTX+SEC+Filings

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