Find the ratios listed on the table below for the Nissan and Toyota, two publicly traded companies that were approved in Week 5. You must get data for the same time period for each company (i.e., 1Q16, fiscal 2015, 3Q16, or fiscal 2016) to make a fair comparison. You can get the ratios by looking them up or calculating them from the financial statements (which can be difficult) that are available online.

Enter the ratios into a table similar to the one below. Industry standards are a measure of an overall industry, such as soft drinks, fast food, computers, etc. Finding industry standards may be trying, but the information can be found.

Financial Ratios	Company A NISSAN	Company B TOYOTA	Industry Standard
Current Ratio
Quick Ratio
Accts Rec Turnover Ratio
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Turnover in Days
Times-Interest-Earned Ratio
Debt Ratio
Debt-to-Equity ratio
Return on Sales
Return on Assets
Return on Stockholders Equity
Earnings Per Share
Price-Earnings Ratio
Dividend Yield
Dividend Payout Ratio

Write 1,000 words or more comparing the 2 companies based on the ratios you compiled. In doing your comparison, you should consider whether the companies are both doing as well as the industry in general or worse than the industry that they operate in. In the final paragraph, state your opinion as to which company is the better one and why you believe it is better.