Prepare a comprehensive research paper Getting behind the numbers: Examine and analyze the financial statements of any TWO companies within the same industry using the following categories of ratios: Profitability and management efficiency; short term financial stability; long term financial stability and investors' a. Do a comparative analysis for each company over a two year period (25 marks) b. Compare the financial performance of both companies over a one year period (15 arks) c. Discuss the challenges of analyzing and interpreting the performance of both companies when: they have adopted different accounting policies for similar transactions in the financial statements ii. They have changed accounting policies for transactions within the same accounting period (10 marks) d. Discuss the limitations of using ratios to analyze the financial performance of both companies (10 marks) The written and presented work must strictly conform to the APA style of writing and referencing Mark Scheme Written Articulation of knowledge Tone and pitch & Grammar Content 20 10 Organisation Grammar Illustrations/Appendices 6 4 Total 40 Prepare a comprehensive research paper Getting behind the numbers: Examine and analyze the financial statements of any TWO companies within the same industry using the following categories of ratios: Profitability and management efficiency; short term financial stability; long term financial stability and investors' a. Do a comparative analysis for each company over a two year period (25 marks) b. Compare the financial performance of both companies over a one year period (15 arks) c. Discuss the challenges of analyzing and interpreting the performance of both companies when: they have adopted different accounting policies for similar transactions in the financial statements ii. They have changed accounting policies for transactions within the same accounting period (10 marks) d. Discuss the limitations of using ratios to analyze the financial performance of both companies (10 marks) The written and presented work must strictly conform to the APA style of writing and referencing Mark Scheme Written Articulation of knowledge Tone and pitch & Grammar Content 20 10 Organisation Grammar Illustrations/Appendices 6 4 Total 40