The $1^{st}$ step of the project for FIN$301$ requires each student to find the Statement of Earnings $($Income Statement$)$ for $2$ different companies.

The Earnings Statement should come from a company's $10-$K only. Do not get the information from yahoo finance or any other source other than the company's $10-$K$.$

All numbers on the financial statements must be in $($thousands of $$),$ not $($millions of $$)$ and statements must be in dollars, not a foreign currency.

The business must be manufacturex or retailer. Out of the $2$ you turn in$,1$ must be a manufacturer. The business should not primarily be a service business. The company must be publicly held and have yearly revenues of at least $$1$ billien and no larger than $$40$ or so billion max.

If the company has had years of net losses, you need to find another company.

The $1^{st}$ step of the group project requires each student in class to provide information on $2$ potential companies that you might like to research. You will need to find the income statement $($Statement of Earnings$)$ and turn it in with a brief background of the companies. You must find their Income Statement $($sometimes referred to as Statement of Income or Statement of Earnings$)$ from their $10-$K offof the company website. Do not get the information from yahoo finance or any other source other than the company's $10-K.$

A Form $10-$K is an annual report required by the U$.$S$.$ Securities and Exchange Commission $($SEC$),$ that gives a comprehensive summary of a company's financial performance.

For this deliverable, I only need $1$ page per company that shows me the most recent income statement $($statement of earnings$).$ I will use this to see if the firm meets the criteria.

CRITERIA you must consider in order to have your company approved by me$.$

Must be a for profit, publicly held, US company with no losses in the last few years. The Net IItcome needs to show a profit. NO LOSSES.

Cannot be extremely large or extremely small. Revenues should be no smaller than $$900$ million and no larger than $$20$ billion$-($If you find a company that meets all the criteria but is a bit smaller or larger in revenues$-$let me know$).$

Companies need to be either a manufacturer or retailer. One of your companies MUST be a manufacturer. The company should not primarily be a service business. I will not allow Microsoft, Wal$-$Mart, Coca$-$Cola, and Exxon$-$ all too large and too common. I will not allow any companies that are primarily service$-$oriented businesses such as banks, credit card companies, social media companies, hospitals$-$these do not primarily create or re$-$sell a product. You will not be able to yse any companies that haye been recently used in my previous$\_$emester FIN$301$ classes,

The financial statements need to be listed in the thousands, not in the millions.

You need to look at their $10-K$ to make sure the numbers are listed in thousands $($ $$000).$ This means the actualnumber slisted on the statements would need to have $3$ zeros added$\_$onte te it$\_$in order for it to be the actual$\_$dollar amount. Firms put numbers in $($thousands$)$ and $($millions$)$ to save on space. For example, if you see $$456,100$ on a financial statement that is listed in thousands, this number would be $$456,100,000($four hundred and fifty$-$six million, one hundred thousand$).$ If the numbers on the financial statements are listed in the millions, then that means you would add $6$ zeros onto the number, $$456\mathrm{.}100000($four hundred and fifty$-$six billion, one hundred million$).$ I will not accept statements that are listed in millions.

The companies you choose must have their financial statements listed in the thousands.