Please use the following links to assist with background information questions:

Walmart-https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/wmt

Costco-https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/cost

Please use the following links to assist with financial questions:

Walmart-https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/wmt/financials

Costco-https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/cost/financials

The two companies that need to be discussed is WALMART AND COSTCO to help with questions. (Other tutors have answered this incorrectly and used SAMS CLUB but Sams club is not on NASDAQ. PLEASE DO NOT USE SAM'S CLUB.) Thank you.

You are the CFO of your organization where you will be deciding between three choices of consolidation. This assignment will ask you to select a choice that best supports short and long-term goals of common stock of a company compa red to two choices with minority interests. All three choices represent control and signicant inuence over the subsidiary. In the below scenario. you are tasked with integrating the merger between two companies. You will select two companies from the same indu strg.r on the NASDAQ stock exchange. One will be the pa rent companyr whilethe other will be the subsidiary. Scenario You have three choices, any of which you believe that the- board of directors will support: . Choioe 1: Your company acquires 80% percent of the common stock of the target company with a minority interest of 20%. . Choioe 2: Your company acquires T0% peroent of the oommon stock of the target company wtth a minority interest of 30%. . Choioe 3: Your company acquires 100% percent of the common stock of the target company. . Select two choices provided in the scenario and compare the ice}.r accounting requirements for each d? the selected choices. - One of the selected ch dices will he presented to the CEO and Board 0! Directors. The BOD will ask which method Iwill provide substantial Icompuanilr growth in the nextthree years. Explain why your choice is the best inward-facing company goals for the company. . Identity and explain at least three possible strenglhs, business threats. and ways to mitigate those threats as a result of the proposed acquisition choice made