Please choose a publicly traded company to work on (McDonalds) You may select a company whose securities are traded on the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ. Please do not select a company that is a financial institution or services company. The company should sell merchandise.

You will need to obtain the companys 10-k for its last annual financial statement period.

In order to obtain a 10-k you can do one of the following:

1.visiting the SEC website at www.sec.gov and going to the EDGAR database (where you will look for the 10K).

2.on the companys website

3.calling the investor services or stockholder relations department of the company

Part I 1. Fill in some basic information about your company.

Name of company: McDonalds

Principal exchange where the company trades: Market price of the stock______as of_________(date) Annual dividend __ ______________________________________

Last dividend paid on _ __________________________________

2. Read the business summaries and managements discussion and analysis (MD&A). Summarize the remarks (ex. Poor operating results/expansion plans/sale of a division, etc.)

3. What kinds of products and/or services does the corporation provide/sell?

4. a. Which accounting/auditing firm audited the financial statements?

b. Did the auditors report indicate any problems or exceptions?

5. a. Did you find any new terms within the financial statements?

b. Did you find the presentation of the financial statements clear? Why or why not?

Part II Indicate the formula to be used and insert the amounts used in computing each ratio. Express your answer in suitable units (percentages, decimals etc.)

For example your answers should look similar to this:

Debt to Equity Ratio = Total Liabilities/Total Equity 100,000/200,000 = .5

A. Current ratio

B. Quick ratio

C. Receivable turnover

D. Average days sales uncollected

E. Inventory turnover

F. Profit margin

G. Return on assets

H. Return on Equity

I. Earnings per share

J. Debt to equity ratio

K. Dividend yield

L. Price earnings ratio (use price from question 1 and EPS from question 6-i)