Look for the company information using the stock ticker, for example, FB for Facebook. If you click the Financials tab and scroll down, you will find the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow statements. Select Annual as Statement type and Descending as Show report dates.

Note 2:

The Information is posted in Millions of dollars, just write down the numbers as they are posted. Use Basic weighted average shares outstanding from the Income Statement as the number of common shares outstanding.

Refer to the grading rubric at the end of this document.

1. Basic Share Price and Financial Information (10 marks)

From each of the companies financial statements assigned to you, please find the following values:

Ford Motors (F)

General Motors (GM)

From the Stock Quote

Current Share Price

Current P/E Ratio

From the Income Statement

Total Sales and Revenue

Total Net Income (or Total Net Earnings)

Basic Earnings per common share

(Diluted Normalized EPS)

From the Balance Sheet

Value of Cash and Short-Term Investments

Value of Accounts Receivable

Value of Total Current Assets

Value of Total Assets

Value of Total Current Liabilities

Value of Total Liabilities

Value of Total Shareholders Equity

Total number of Common Shares outstanding

From the Statement of Cash Flows

Total value of Cash provided by Operating activities

Total value of Cash provided by Investing activities

Total value of Cash provided by Financing activities

2. Company Financial Statement Analysis (10 marks)

From the ANNUAL financial statements provided for each of the two companies; calculate the following ratios for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31st, 2022:

Liquidity ratios

1. Current Ratio

2. Net Working Capital

Efficiency and Working Capital Ratios

3. Accounts Receivable Days

4. Total Asset Turnover

Leverage Ratios

5. Total Debt to Assets Ratio

6. Total Debt to Equity Ratio

Profitability Ratios and Operating Returns

7. Net Profit Margin

8. Return on Assets (ROA)

9. Return on Equity (ROE)

Valuation Ratios

10. Price-to-Earnings Ratio (show your calculations from the current share price)

11. Market Capitalization (show your calculations from the current share price)

3.

Prepare a brief discussion and analysis of this company in a report format that will contain the following sections:

Briefly discuss each companys financial position, is it good or bad and explain why (based on the income statement and the profitability ratios)?

Discuss F and GM ratios compared to each other. Which company does better in some areas or all areas?

Based on your analysis, select which company had the best financial performance for 2022 and support your conclusion.