You are contemplating to invest $20,000 in one of these companies. Which one will you choose if you are buying bonds and why? Which one will you choose if you were buying equity shares and why? You are free to compute any additional ratios, if needed, but mention the ratio and show computations on an Excel sheet.

2014 2015 2.08 Home Depot 1.95 Assets Turnover Lowes 1.77 1.89 Sales/Assets 2014 2015 0.431 0.68 Return on Equity Home Depot Net Income/Equity Lowes 0.27 0.00 2015 2014 0.07 0.08 Net Profit Margin Home Depot Lowes 0.05 0.04 Net Income/Sales 2015 2014 Equity Multiplier Home Depot 3.24 3.18 Lowes 4.29 4.08 Assets/Equity 2014 2015 Earnings Per share Home Depot 3.78 0.00 Net Income/shares Lowes 4.74 0.00 Lowes Home Depot 2014 2015 2014 2015 Assets 40518 31721 39946 31266 83176 Sales 78812 59074 56223 2546 Net Income 5385 6345 2698 Equity 12522 9322 9968 7654 Shares 1425 1338 988000000 927000000