I need help doing these calculations! The companies that I am doing is Southwest and Delta Airlines.

This section of your employment examination must be submitted in two parts.

Part A will contain the workbooks that house all of your quantitative data and formulas, along with any of the information that is relevant to your chosen companies. Part B will contain your answers to the questions asked below, composed in a cohesive manner. If you are referring to data that is found within the workbooks in Part A, be sure to include a citation for example, "rate of return is 3.570 USD (E64, WB2)," where E64 is the cell that the calculation took place in and WB2 is designating "workbook 2." This ensures that your instructor can quickly and accurately check data entry, formula use, and financial calculations.

Your

submission must address the following critical elements:

I. Preparing the Workbooks

A.Download the annual income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements

for the last three completed fiscal years for your chosen companies. This

information must be included in your final submission.

B.Prepare a worksheet for each of the companies to display their financial data

for the last three fiscal years. Ensure your data is accurate and organized.

Include these worksheets as a workbook in your final submission.

C. Find historical stock prices for both companies and add this information to the

respective spreadsheets. Consider the appropriate date range you should use.

II. Three - Year Returns

A. What is the three - year return on the stock price of the first company

(Company A)? How is the stock performing? Ensure that you use the appropriate

formula in your spreadsheets to calculate the three - year return on the given

company's stock price.

B.What is the three - year return on the stock price of the second company

(Company B) How is this stock performing? Ensure that you use the appropriate

formula in your spreadsheets to calculate the three - year return on your

chosen company's stock price.

C.How do these two stocks compare in terms of three - year returns? What does

this indicate about these two companies?

III. Financial Calculations

A.Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks,

calculate the price - to - earnings ratio for the last three fiscal years of

the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using

the correct formula.

B.Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks,

calculate the debt - to - equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of the

given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the

correct formula.

C.Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks,

calculate the return - on - equity ratios for the last three fiscal years of

the given and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using

the correct formula.

D.Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks,

calculate the earnings per share for the last three fiscal years of the given

and your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct

formula.

E.Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks,

calculate the profit margins for the last three fiscal years of the given and

your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct

formula.

F.Using the appropriate spreadsheets, which are to be included in the workbooks,

calculate the free cash flows for the last three fiscal years of the given and

your chosen companies. Be sure that you are entering and using the correct

formula.

IV. Industry Averages

A.Obtain current industry averages of three of the financial calculations above

for both companies and add this information to your spreadsheet for comparison.

Ensure the accuracy and organization of your data.

B.In this context, how is each company's financial health? How do these two

companies compare to one another? Consider the appropriate date range you

should use.

V. Performance Over Time

A.Analyze the performance of the Company A over time. What financial strengths

and weaknesses does this company have? Consider addressing the free cash flows

and ratios you calculated earlier.

B.Analyze the performance of your Company B over time. What financial strengths

and weaknesses does this company have? Consider addressing the free cash flows

and ratios you calculated earlier.

C.Analyze how the data differ between these two companies. Why do you think this

is? Consider addressing the free cash flows and ratios you calculated earlier.

VI. Investment

A.Are the companies considered growth or value companies? Why?

B.Which company's stock is the better investment? Consider supporting your answer

with data.