Obtain the most recent annual report for two companies in the same industry, The reports should contain at least three years of income statement data and two years of balance sheet data.

2. Analyze at least 3 (three) items on the income statement for your base company that would be important to an investor, and discuss whether your companys performance related to these items appeared to be improving, deteriorating, or remaining stable. Justify your answer. You have been introduced to many different financial ratios throughout this course as well as in ACC100, be sure to use Ch 13 as a reference for including important analysis and ratios to support your answer.

3. Analyze at least 3 (three) items on the balance sheet for your base company that would be important to an investor, and discuss whether your companys performance related to these items appeared to be improving, deteriorating, or remaining stable. Justify your answer. You have been introduced to many different financial ratios throughout this course as well as in ACC100, be sure to use Ch 13 as a reference for including important analysis and ratios to support your answer.

4. Analyze your base companys investing and financing activities for the most recent year as identified in the statement of cash flows, specifically identifying the two largest investing activities and the two largest financing activities. Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the investing and financing strategies that your company appears to be employing. (You may want to refer to Ch 12)

5. Overall comparison and summation. If you were making a decision to invest in one of the two companies, which company would you choose? The analysis that you explored in #2 through #4 above should be consistent with what you are presenting here.