Your group is required to undertake a comparative financial analysis of Home Depot (HD) versus Lowes (LOW) using available financial data for the last three years from any of the following financial websites: Yahoo Finance Financial Modeling Prep You may also access other online resources HD and LOW are unique identifier Tickers for Home Depot and Lowe's. Using some key ratios from the five ratio categories in the attached handout, compare and analyze Home Depot (HD) versus Lowes (LOW) in terms of Solvency.

		2021	2022	2023
total debt ratio	home depot	.95	.98	.98
	lowes	.97	.89	.67
debt equity ratio	home depot	13.16	27.28	32.24
	lowes	31.52	10.27	4.07
Equity Multiplier ratio	home depot	21.39	42.38	48.94
	lowes	32.52	9.27	3.07
time interest earned ratio	home depot	12.60	16.14	13.90
	lowes	9.13	12.49	7.79
Cash Coverage ratio	home depot	12.61	16.14	13.90
	lowes	9.13	12.50	7.79
current ratio	home depot	1.23	1.01	1.41
	lowes	1.19	1.02	1.10
Quick Ratio	home depot	0.51	0.24	0.33
	lowes	0.33	0.12	0.15
Cash Ratio	home depot	0.34	0.08	0.12
	lowes	0.25	0.06	0.07