Contributed Capital. Use the balance sheet and the statement of stockholders equity to determine how the company has structured its equity. What proportion of assets are financed with equity? What classes of equity does the company have? What transactions occurred during the year? Does the company have treasury stock? Read the MD&A and the footnotes to determine the main reason for holding treasury stock. Assess the treasury stock transactions during the year. How much was spent and/or received? What did the company do with the proceeds? Compare the average price paid for treasury shares to the current stock price. Does the company use sharebased compensation? What types of plans are used? What was the magnitude of the compensation? What is the magnitude of the outstanding (unvested) options and/or shares? Com pare the level of treasury shares to outstanding (unvested) options and/or shares. Compute the market capitalization of the firms and compare to the book value of equity. Find an online source for the average markettobook ratio for the industry and see where the firms fit. Follow up on anything unusual. 2. Earned Capital. Recall that the least costly form of financing is internalthat is, plowing earned profits (and cash) into new investments is a lowcost means to grow the company and return even more to stockholders. How profitable were the companies? Compare return on equity for the threeyear period and determine causes for major differences over time and between companies. Review accumulated other comprehensive income and determine the main components of that account. How did AOCI change during the year?

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