Create an Excel Workbook by downloading the financial statements from a Publicly Traded company from SEC EDGAR, Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg or other source. With the Balance Sheet and Income Statements, create four views: (1) Dollar Values as stated in the financial statements (2) Common Size, Divide each account balance from (1) above by Total Assets (each year) for the Balance Sheet, and by Revenue (each year) for the Income Statement (3) Calculate the $ change for every account line item, from one year to the next, by subtracting the previous year from the more recent year (4) take the answer from (3) and divide it by the base year (previous year above) to calculate the % change in the account.

company financial statement from SEC EDGAR or one of the financial websites (Google Finance, Yahoo Finance) or Bloomberg (in the lab) for 3 to 5 years.