A. Select two firms in the same industry. They could be from any industry, but both firms must be from the same industry (i.e. Walmart and Target will be two firms in the same industry). B. Go to the internet and download their annual reports for the latest financial year. C. Obtain the following information for the two firms from their respective annual reports that you downloaded. For items 48, obtain the figures for both the most recent year, and the prior year (l.e. If the most recent annual report is for 2020, then the prior year will be 2019). Note that the annual report for a particular year will have the figures for both the current year, and the previous year. So, you need only the most recent annual report to obtain the required information for both years. 1. Name 2. Category (Manufacturing, Merchandising or Service) 3. Main Business(Main method of generating revenue) 4. Total Revenue 5. Net income 6. Total Assets 7. Total Liabilities 8. Stock holders equity D. Open the 'Assignment 1 - Excel grid.xlsx' file from the 'Assignment folder' on Blackboard. Fill out the information requested in that grid and submit it. (Note that I have denited the years in this file as 2019 and 2018. If the years you select are different, change the heading accordingly). E. Write a brief ( 23 sentence) argument as to which firm you consider to be superior in the greyed out cell in the excel file. 12 N1 - le. Manufacturing, Merchandising or Service A. Select two firms in the same industry. They could be from any industry, but both firms must be from the same industry (i.e. Walmart and Target will be two firms in the same industry). B. Go to the internet and download their annual reports for the latest financial year. C. Obtain the following information for the two firms from their respective annual reports that you downloaded. For items 48, obtain the figures for both the most recent year, and the prior year (l.e. If the most recent annual report is for 2020, then the prior year will be 2019). Note that the annual report for a particular year will have the figures for both the current year, and the previous year. So, you need only the most recent annual report to obtain the required information for both years. 1. Name 2. Category (Manufacturing, Merchandising or Service) 3. Main Business(Main method of generating revenue) 4. Total Revenue 5. Net income 6. Total Assets 7. Total Liabilities 8. Stock holders equity D. Open the 'Assignment 1 - Excel grid.xlsx' file from the 'Assignment folder' on Blackboard. Fill out the information requested in that grid and submit it. (Note that I have denited the years in this file as 2019 and 2018. If the years you select are different, change the heading accordingly). E. Write a brief ( 23 sentence) argument as to which firm you consider to be superior in the greyed out cell in the excel file. 12 N1 - le. Manufacturing, Merchandising or Service
