Find a public company listed on NYSE or NASDAQ.

• The company should fall into the industry sector. For the industrial classification, please refer tohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Classification_BenchmarkLinks to an external site..
• The market cap (market value) should be less than 100 billion.
• The stock should have a last closing price above $10.
• The stock information is available from financial websites, such as Links to an external site.:
  • Stock Analysis | Free Online Stock Information for InvestorsLinks to an external site.
  • Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance NewsLinks to an external site.

Research the company and answer the following questions.

• Company information:
  • Name, ticker, closing price, and market cap.
• Price history:
  • P1: the current price
  • P0: the closing price 12 months ago
  • Div: the dividend from the last 12 months?
• Calculate the holding period return from last year =
  • (P1 - P0 + Div) / P0
• Review at least one major investment (capital budgeting) decision and one major financing decision by the company during the last 5 years.
  1. Explain how those decisions had affected the past performances.
  2. Or explain how those decisions could improve the future performance.