Step 2:- Provide a very brief introduction of the Canadian tire and home depot companies. Find out the following ratios for both the Canadian tire and home depot companies for four years 2015 - 2018. You may either take the ratios from website(s) or calculate them using the formulas. a. All profitability ratios b. Asset efficiency ratios (Select any four ratios covered in class) c. All liquidity ratios d. Debt utilization ratios Step 3:- Find out if any ratio(s) has changed (increased/decreased or fluctuated tremendously) over these four years for Canadian tire and home depot the companies. Support your data with tables/graphs etc. Explain in detail why these ratios have changed or remained constant. (You will find out the recent news/reasons from internet or company's website to support and explain the change in ratios). Compare all the ratios with the industry average and explain which company has performed better. Step 4:- Examine how the company of Canadian tire and home depot currently raises money. What types of instruments does it use? Has it issued stocks recently, has it bought back stocks? Has it issued bonds? Does it issue short term commercial papers? How risky is the company? Do you think it should repay existing debt? What is the company's growth strategy for the future? Helpful Sources/Websites :- Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, MarketWatch, Morningstar, Seeking Alpha, Financial Post, CNBC.com, Bloomberg Step 2:- Provide a very brief introduction of the Canadian tire and home depot companies. Find out the following ratios for both the Canadian tire and home depot companies for four years 2015 - 2018. You may either take the ratios from website(s) or calculate them using the formulas. a. All profitability ratios b. Asset efficiency ratios (Select any four ratios covered in class) c. All liquidity ratios d. Debt utilization ratios Step 3:- Find out if any ratio(s) has changed (increased/decreased or fluctuated tremendously) over these four years for Canadian tire and home depot the companies. Support your data with tables/graphs etc. Explain in detail why these ratios have changed or remained constant. (You will find out the recent news/reasons from internet or company's website to support and explain the change in ratios). Compare all the ratios with the industry average and explain which company has performed better. Step 4:- Examine how the company of Canadian tire and home depot currently raises money. What types of instruments does it use? Has it issued stocks recently, has it bought back stocks? Has it issued bonds? Does it issue short term commercial papers? How risky is the company? Do you think it should repay existing debt? What is the company's growth strategy for the future? Helpful Sources/Websites :- Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, MarketWatch, Morningstar, Seeking Alpha, Financial Post, CNBC.com, Bloomberg
