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Question:

Choose a large stock company

Part 1 - 4 points- Gather the annual report- Be ready to research on various web sites- Find the following information for your company. This means to name the item,DEFINE it, and give the amount for your company. (So "Retained Earning=1.4billion" is not enough. Define retained earnings, then give the 1.4 billion balance.Some of these definitions will not be in the book. )

1. Total Assets

2. Total Revenue/Sales

3. Net Income

4. Total Shares of stock outstanding

5. Earnings per share

6. Market Cap

7. EBITDA

8. Payout Ratio

9. Latest Dividend date

10. Retention Ratio

11. Dividend yield

12. Beta (from 2 source - These could be different. If you can explain why,it's worth 1 extra point.)

13. Price Earnings Ratio (And is your company a growth or value stock?Neither?)

14. Is your company a Blue Chip Stock?

15. Part of the DOW?

16. Which exchange is it on?

17. Return on Assets

18. Return on Equity

19. Current Share Price

20. 52 week high and low

Part 2 - Analysis - 4 points

Discuss your company. This should be a minimum of 2-3 paragraphs of 5-7sentences each. Include things like the company's: Industry Products Competitors Relative size (compared to the universe and it's competitors) Relative strength (compared to it's competitors) Brief history Plan for the future (general). Prospect as a good stock. In other words, what type of investor might buythis stock? Would you buy it?