1. Introduce your company in a narrative. Discuss the companys history, product or service provided, outlook for the future, any other interesting facts about the company, one current event occurring with the company from an article that you found, etc. This should not exceed one to one-and-a-half typed, double-spaced pages.

2. Prepare a horizontal analysis in both dollar and percentage terms for both the income statement and the balance sheet for two years. You will need three years of financial statements in order to do this.

3. Choose five accounts to comment on from requirement 2. These might be the five accounts with the largest percentage changes or it could be five accounts that had negative percentage changes. That is your choice. Make a one to two statement comment on each of the five accounts

4. Prepare common-size income statements and balance sheets for your company for the current and preceding year. You will need two years of financial statements in order to do this.

5. Choose five accounts to comment on from requirement 4. These might be the five largest percentage amounts or some other measure that you choose. Again, this is your choice. Make a one to two statement comment on each of the five accounts.

6. Prepare a ratio analysis on liquidity for your company by computing the following ratios for the current and preceding years and make a one to two sentence comment on each ratio:a.Current ratio b. Quick ratio c. Cash ratio

7. Prepare a ratio analysis on asset utilization for your company by computing the following ratios for the current and preceding years and make a one to two sentence comment on each ratio:a.Total asset turnoverb. Inventory turnoverc.Receivables turnover

8. Prepare a ratio analysis on long-term solvency for your company by computing the following ratios for the current and preceding years and make a one to two sentence comment on each ratio:a.Total debt ratiob. Times interest earned ratioc.Cash coverage ratio

9. Prepare a ratio analysis on profitability for your company by computing the following ratios for the current and preceding years and make a one to two sentence comment on each ratio: a.Profit margin b. Return on assets c.Return on equity

10. Prepare a ratio analysis on market performance for your company by computing the following ratios for the current and preceding years and make a one to two sentence comment on each ratio: a.Earnings per share (this will be given in your companys annual report) b. Price-earnings ratio c.Price-sales ratio

11. Choose another company which is a competitor to your company. The best way to do this is to just google top competitors of (whatever your company name is). Get the financial statements of the competitor for the current year ONLY. For the 15 ratios that you calculated for your company above, calculate those same ratios for the competitor company for the current year only. Make a one to two sentence statement about how your company compares to the competition for each ratio.