Select a publicly traded company. Post the name of your company in the Discussion Board section of the course website on Canvas. Look for the icon Project Company Names and post your company name under this icon by creating a new thread. Remember, you cannot work on a company that one of your classmates has already selected (I chose Nestle S.A.)

What are the letters they use when trading in the stock market?

What is their principal activity?

What is the name of their auditors?

What is the dollar value of their Current Assets and their Total Assets?

What is the total dollar value of their Current and Total Liabilities?

What is the total value of Stockholders Equity?

How many common shares has the company authorized, issued and outstanding?

What is the par value of each common share?

What price is the share trading at on the date that you were conducting this research? Please note the date as well

What was the highest price that the share traded at over the last 52 weeks?

What was the lowest price that the share traded at over the last 52 weeks?

Provide a brief explanation for the 52 week high price and 52 week low price of the company. In other words, why did the companys stock price go up and come down or vice versa

Write about any recent activity/event affecting the company in your own words. Your write up must be at least 200 words.

Compute any 8 financial statement ratios for two years. Comment briefly on your findings regarding each ratio. Show your work as follows:

Ratio Latest Year Prior Year

Conduct a horizontal analysis on any five items each from the Balance Sheet and the Income Statement. Thus you will have ten items. Comment on your results.

Conduct a vertical analysis on any five items each from the Balance Sheet and Income Statement. That is you will have a total of ten items. Comment on your result

Please include a web link to the Annual report

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