For this question the two companies we are going to use are Google and Bing/ Yahoo (Either bing or yahoo or similar company)

Assignment #3 Access/download the most recent two years of financial statements - Balance Sheets and Income Statements - for a company of your choice. (I recommend Yahoo! Finance for easy retrieval of financial statements of publicly-traded firms.) Conduct a ratio analysis (see below) for this firm for both years. Then, pick a comparable/competitor company for your initially-chosen firm. For example, if you chose Wal-Mart first, you might choose Target for this part. Download two years of financial statements for this firm, conduct a ratio analysis, and then ALSO compare the results between the two firms. To conduct a ratio analysis, include: 1) cash burn/build 11) liquidity ratios (current, quick, and NWC-Total Assets) III) Cash Conversion Period, including all three components IV) leverage ratios (TotalDebt-TotalAsset, Equity Multiplier, Current Liabilities-TotalDebt, Interest Coverage Ratio) V) profitability and efficiency ratios (gross profit margin, operating profit margin, net profit margin, NOPAT margin, sales-to-total-assets ratio, ROA, ROE) Good luck, and have fun! Assignment #3 Access/download the most recent two years of financial statements - Balance Sheets and Income Statements - for a company of your choice. (I recommend Yahoo! Finance for easy retrieval of financial statements of publicly-traded firms.) Conduct a ratio analysis (see below) for this firm for both years. Then, pick a comparable/competitor company for your initially-chosen firm. For example, if you chose Wal-Mart first, you might choose Target for this part. Download two years of financial statements for this firm, conduct a ratio analysis, and then ALSO compare the results between the two firms. To conduct a ratio analysis, include: 1) cash burn/build 11) liquidity ratios (current, quick, and NWC-Total Assets) III) Cash Conversion Period, including all three components IV) leverage ratios (TotalDebt-TotalAsset, Equity Multiplier, Current Liabilities-TotalDebt, Interest Coverage Ratio) V) profitability and efficiency ratios (gross profit margin, operating profit margin, net profit margin, NOPAT margin, sales-to-total-assets ratio, ROA, ROE) Good luck, and have fun