You will find information about Walmart (sticker WMT) and Amazon.com (sticker AMZN). You can work on other two companies of your choice. I. Go to http://finance yahoo com/ (or any other financial websites), put the name or sticker of Walmart in the search box and click Go.

  

Then Click on Key Statistic to get more information about the company. 

Record the following information:
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- Profit margin (PM)
- Total Debt/Equity (note: the reported number on Yahoo is percent. For example: Debt/Equity of Walman is 65.01 percent with Equity is book value of Equity).
- Beta
Repeat the process for the second company, Amazon. 2. Compare the profitability, leverage (i.e. debt usage), and risk (i.e. beta) of the two companies. What's your remark on why they could be very different.