Select 2 companies in the same industry and go to each company's stock information page on finance.yahoo.com. Use the information stated under "Statistics" to help answer the following questions

(a) Fill out the following table for both companies (5 marks)

company 1 company 2

Brief description of business

Forward P/E

Forwal Annual Dividend Yield

operating margin

(b) What do these ratios tell you about each company? (5 marks)

(c) Which one of the two companies would you invest in and why? (State any other information would you require to help you make your decision) (5 marks)