Select two publicly traded companies, one from the technology sector and one from the consumer staples sector, retrieve their latest income statement and balance sheet from Yahoo Finance or other relevant sources, and calculate the following financial ratios and metrics for each company and interpret them: Current ratio Quick ratio Gross profit margin ratio Net profit margin ratio Total asset turnover ratio Accounts receivable turnover and days sales outstanding Inventory turnover and days inventory outstanding Accounts payable turnover and days payable outstanding Cash conversion cycle Total debt to equity ratio Return on assets Return on equity Decompose return on equity into three components (Dupont identity) and interpret the results. Now organize the ratios and metrics of the two companies into one table, compare each of the ratios and metrics of the technology company with similar items from the consumer staples company, compare them and if they are different discuss the reasons for why they are different.

Income statement for Apple

Balance sheet for Apple

Income statement for Johnson and Johnson

Balance Sheet for Johnson and Johnson

After attempting to answer this part of the prompt, I ran into trouble using the appropriate values in both the income statement and balance sheet for Apple and Johnson and Johnson.