Review of Financial Research Report: This assignment is an analysis of a US publicly traded company, Avery Dennison (AVY). Its common stock needs to be stated if it could be a prospective investment. The report is due the last class day. It needs to be at least 5 pages, and it needs to cover the following topics: Introduction/Company Overview. Compare, contrast and describe the companies, its operations, locations, markets, and lines of business. Collect financial statements for the past three years, fiscal or calendar and do a complete descriptive analysis. Ratio analysis. Perform trend and ratio analysis on current and fixed assets, current and long term liabilities, owners equity, sales revenues, EBIT, net income, and earnings per share. Project these trends for three years. Stock price analysis. Research the companys common stock price for the past three years. Research the Standard & Poors Stock market Index (S&P 500) for the past three years. Chart the price movement in the companys common stock against the S&P price movement. State and support your opinion on the companys common stock as an investment opportunity. References. Use at least five references and follow APA format when preparing the report. The format of this project will be discussed in class: a) Introduction page b) State of the problem pg c) Literature review 2 pg d) Data analysis 1.5 pg e) Summary and conclusion pg f) References g) Appendix (includes tables and graphs etc.)