Creation of an Investment Portfolio Based on the Economic Results of the Issuers

The main goal of this thesis is an evaluation of executive management in public companies in regards to their ability to allocate excess cash as well as their ability to manage said companies in order to build and mantain competetive advantages as means of estabilishing dominant market position and generating above-average profit, together with quantitative evaluation using methods of financial analysis and corporate finance in order to evaluate financial stability, effectivity and rentability of these companies as well as estimating the value of these companies in comparison to the market price of their shares in order to determine, whether a company can be considered a value investment and whether it will be elligible for incorporating the shares into a value portfolio. This thesis is then divided into two parts-theoretical basis of the thesis and practical part, whereas the theoretical basis revolves around researching practical procedures as well as theoretical knowledge in the field of value investing and financial markets in order to establish unified framework for applying mentioned principles. Beforehand defined value investing principles are used in the practical part of the thesis. Therefore, in the practical part, we evaluate three public companies- Apple, Inc. NIKE, Inc. a The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. pursuing a goal of estimating their fair value and determine, whether they are eligible for being incorporated into a value portfolio