Financial Statement Analysis

You work for a firm that has extra cash after an extremely successful year and is thinking about investing into a new company. You have been tasked with the job to identify what industry and what firm to potentially invest in.

1. Identify two companies in the same industry that are operate in multiple countries. (Example: Delta and American Airlines)

2. Find financial information for both companies. Places to find information include:

sec.gov

macrotrends

stock-analysis

finance yahoo

3. Using the financial information conduct an analysis for their financial statements.

4. Using the different ratios and financial information to examine firm performance, determine which firm you think would be a better investment of your money. Use the ratios, information about the industry in which the firms are in, economic conditions, etc. to support your answer.

Note: You can use whichever companies or Mitsubishi and Volkswagen if you do not want to choose.