I am not asking you to do the paper!!! Below is my project. I am just asking you to give a brief description, overview, and/ or guidance on there direction I should go and which company I should do. How I should move forward in getting this done! Thanks in advance. Will upvote.

The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand how financial ratios are calculated and present this information in an analytical manner. In addition to demonstrating how the ratio is calculated, each student should be able to explain two types of significance: forensic/financial health and strategic importance to the firm. Given the nature of the analysis, the paper should be 15 pages. (This would be 1 page for each ratio, the executive summary, cover page, and work cited page.)

List of Approved Companies for the Analysis

• Spirit Aerosystems Holdings (SPR)
• Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)
• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
• Clorox (CLX)
• YUM Brands (YUM)
• Abbot Laboratories (ABT)
• Gilead Sciences (GILD)
• Pfizer (PFE)
• Raytheon Technologies Corp. (RTX)
• Phillips 66 (PSX)
• Target Inc. (TGT)
• The Coca-Cola Company (KO)

Students should use the electronic resources provided by the library to compile the information necessary for this assignment. Use database information such as Mergent Online, Nexis Uni, Wall Street Journal Online, Yahoo! Finance, D&B Hoovers, Value Line Investment Survey, and/or other online financial resources.

The paper should include the following:

• Cover Sheet (APA formatting)
• Executive Summary: 1.5 to 2.0 pages(double-spaced), provides a summary of the full analysis of the rest of the paper.
• Analysis of financial ratios of the selected company and competitor includes:
  • Line graph of three-year trend data (company & competitor in a combined graph)
  • Table of the financial data which computes the financial ratio for selected firm only
  • 5-6 sentence paragraph of how the financial ratio provides strategic information for the firm
  • 5-6 sentence paragraph on the forensic/financial health of the company
• The financial ratios to include in the paper
  • Return on Equity
  • Return on Assets
  • Profit Margin
  • Basic Earnings Power
  • Current Ratio
  • Quick (Acid-Test) Ratio
  • Days Sales Outstanding
  • Debt to Total Capital Ratio
  • Times Interest Earned Ratio
  • Inventory Turnover
  • Total Asset Turnover