Each student will work independently and select two (2) companies to compare from the sets of companies below. Students will obtain financial information and common stock valuation on the companies using various public resources. These can be company annual reports, business publications, or web sources such as MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, etc.

Project:

Using the skills learned in chapters 3 and 4, and 7, each student will be responsible for conducting an analysis of their two companies. Students should:

• Write a common size Income Statement and Balance Sheet analysis for each of the two companies using the most recently available past 3 years of financial data.
• Analyze the two companies using the financial ratios discussed in chapter four and stock valuation in chapter 7. This analysis should include identifying trends within each company and major differences between each company.
• Write a summary of the common size analysis that identifies the companies strengths and weaknesses.
• Write a summary of the ratio analysis and outline the strengths and weakness of each company.
• Suggest actions the companies may take to address their weaknesses. Justify which company you believe is the strongest, better managed, or a better investment

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