Choose two firms of interest from fiance.yahoo.com, finance.google.com, or money.msn.com and download their financial statements. For each firm: a. Write the ROE, the number of shares outstanding, the dividends per share, and the net income. b. Compute the sustainable growth rate (g = b * ROE), where b equals the plowback ratio. c. Calculate the total amount of dividends paid (dividends * number of shares outstanding), the dividend payout ratio (total dividends paid/net income), and the plowback ratio (1 - dividend payout ratio). d. What does this information reveal about the ROE for the firms you selected?

If possible please compare APPLE and MICROSOFT or GE and TOYOTA