ah$).$ Find $10$ publicly traded companies and fill in the following information $($Table $1$: Issuer Level Financial Information$),$ you should calculate the working capital and Altman Z$-$Score based on the information you find $(45$ Marks$).$

Here are the requirements:

$1.$ Firms$$ stock must be publicly traded on major stock exchange

$2.$ Firms must have a credit rating score from Standard & Poor$$s $($Long$-$term issuer credit rating$)$

$3.$ The rating scores from these $10$ firms should cover a wide range of credit rating levels with the following specific requirements:

a$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at AAA level;

b$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at AA level $($any of AA$+,$ AA$,$ AA$-)$;

c$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at A level $($any of A$+,$ A$,$ A$-)$;

d$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at BBB level $($any of BBB$+,$ BBB$,$ BBB$-)$;

e$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at BB level $($any of BB$+,$ BB$,$ BB$-)$;

f$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at B level $($any of B$+,$ B$,$ B$-)$;

g$.$ at least one firm$$s rating score is at CCC level $($any of CCC$+,$ CCC$,$ CCC$-)$

$4.$ The last Column Altman Z$-$Score should be calculated based on the formula$$s on page $453$ in the textbook.

$5.$ Working capital is the difference between current assets and current liability.

$6.$ All the $10$ firms should be from the same country.

$7.$ All the financial ratios: total asset, EBIT $($earnings before interests and taxes$),...,$ should be the most recent fiscal year figures.