Homework: Investment and Financing
1) Find a publicly traded company.
2) Go to the company's corporate website and download the 2020 financial statements.
3) Open the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and all other pertinent information.
4) Calculate as many ratios as possible for this company for the year 2020.
a) Ex: you cannot calculate the Dividend Yield Ratio if the company doesn't pay dividends.
5) Find a competitor of this company.
a) The competitor must also be a publicly traded company.
6) Go to the company's corporate website and download the 2020 financial statements.
7) Open the Balance Sheet, the Income Statement, and all other pertinent information.
8) Calculate as many ratios as possible for this company for the year 2020.
9) Compare the ratios of the two companies.
a) Explain in detail the meaning of the ratios.
b) Explain why one company is in a better financial position than the other.
10) Explain in which company you would invest and why.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.