I seriously need help We have to go to Yahoo Finance, and do an analysis on Walmart, American Express, Mcdonalds and At T Research the four firms using either Key Statistics or Financials from the overview main pages for the stocks on Yahoo Finance Web site Compute and compare the following financial ratios for the four firms for their most recent fiscal years Current Ratio (X) Sales Total Assets (percent) or Total asset turnover Times interest earned (X) Total Debt Equity (percent) Net Income Net Sales (percent) or Return on Sales (ROS) Net Income Total Assets (percent) or Return on Assets (ROA) Net Income Common Equity (percent) or Return on Equity (ROE) P E or P E Ratio (X) Compare the 8 financial ratios listed above for the four companies It is recommended that you use a spreadsheet to demonstrate your comparison Insert the table into your Word document and respond to the following questions How would you rank the four firms in terms of financial performance Why might their financial performances differ What economic or market factors might account for big differences in P E ratios Select ONE of the companies and examine the trend in the ratios for the past three years Respond to the following question Is the firm's performance improving, declining, stable, or is something strange going on Write a analysis of the performance of the company you selected above Your analysis is to include the information you gained from your research (above) and your responses to the following Who are the firm's competitors Does the selection of competitors make sense to you How is your selected company performing against its competition (Don't just say better or worse on particular ratios try to think of and offer reasons why)

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I seriously need help. We have to go to Yahoo Finance, and do an analysis on Walmart, American Express, Mcdonalds and At&T Research the four

I seriously need help. We have to go to Yahoo Finance, and do an analysis on Walmart, American Express, Mcdonalds and At&T Research the four firms using either Key Statistics or Financials from the overview/main pages for the stocks on Yahoo! Finance Web site. Compute and compare the following financial ratios for the four firms for their most recent fiscal years:

- Current Ratio (X)
- Sales/Total Assets (percent) or Total asset turnover
- Times interest earned (X)
- Total Debt/Equity (percent)
- Net Income / Net Sales (percent) or Return on Sales (ROS)
- Net Income / Total Assets (percent) or Return on Assets (ROA)
- Net Income / Common Equity (percent) or Return on Equity (ROE)
- P/E or P/E Ratio (X)
  1. Compare the 8 financial ratios listed above for the four companies. It is recommended that you use a spreadsheet to demonstrate your comparison. Insert the table into your Word document and respond to the following questions:
    - How would you rank the four firms in terms of financial performance?
    - Why might their financial performances differ?
    - What economic or market factors might account for big differences in P/E ratios?
  2. Select ONE of the companies and examine the trend in the ratios* for the past three years. Respond to the following question:
    - Is the firm's performance improving, declining, stable, or is something strange going on?
Write a analysis of the performance of the company you selected above. Your analysis is to include the information you gained from your research (above) and your responses to the following:
- Who are the firm's competitors? Does the selection of competitors make sense to you?
- How is your selected company performing against its competition? (Don't just say better or worse on particular ratios - try to think of and offer reasons why).