Search Yahoo Finance, or any other credible source to retrieve the most recent income

statement and balance sheet for a major leveraged corporation.

a. Provide these statements in proper format and include a screenshot of the data.

b. Retrieve the data on the company's historical data and calculate the annual rate of

return by using adjusted closing prices for the past 20 years.

c. Using the data on the company's stock rate of return and the index's rate of return

estimate beta of the corporation. Compare this value with the value stated by the

source.

d. Retrieve the risk-free rate of return as the annual interest rate of US treasuries.

Based on these values estimate the expected annual rate of return of the

corporation's security. Compare your estimate with the expected rate of return as

evaluated based on your data in part b

e. Using the financial statements mentioned above estimate the annual rate of interest

paid by the corporation (cost of debt). Also, find the tax rate and capitalization ratio

(proportions among equity and debt). Using these values that you have found,

estimate the annual weighted cost of capital (WACC) of the corporation.

2. This part of the assignment is in preparation for CLA 2. Choose 5 major securities from

different industries, among which one can be the one you chose in part 1 of the

question. Retrieve the data on the companies' historical data and calculate annual rate

of return for the past 20 years for each security.