Build in excel Home depot & Lowes - last 10 years starting - 2007

1) Common size balance sheet and income statement

2) Ratio analysis - key ratios ( Solvency, liquidity, debt ratio)

3) Fine the du point analysis

4) Which company would you invest in? Lowes or homedepo? and Why?

5) Assume in 2007 you invested 10 million in each company, if you made no real dividend every year and you had 10% ,20% , 30% cost of capital in a 10 year horizon. Take all dividend and add up (simple not compound). In the 10th year you wanna get out of investing, what is the pv?