The first letter of my name is M.

The purpose of this question is to familiarize you with real corporations' financial statements. You are to select a US listed public corporation whose name starts with the first letter of your name. The following are the requirements of this exercise: Go to finance.yahoo.com or Morningstar and go to the page with financial information on your company. What is the current stock price of the company? What is its market capitalization (price x number of shares outstanding)? Obtain the financial statements of the firm. From the balance sheet of the company, what is the value of the following: Total Assets Total Liabilities Retained Earnings Long Term Debt From the income statement, what is the value of the following: Total Sales Gross Profit Total Operating Expenses Net Income Tax rate that the company pays From the statement of cash flows, what is the value of the following: Net change in Cash and marketable securities Cash provided by operating activities Using all of the previous values and others: Analyze the company's liquidity, profitability, debt, activity and market ratios. Use two financial ratios under each category. Select five of the financial ratios and compare them to the industry averages