Comparative Analysis
1. Visit the website of your favorite US company. Review the financial statements found in the investor section (summary sites not accepted) and post a link. How are they presented? Provide a comparative analysis for three elements from each statement. What do the results show?
Ratio Analysis
2. Visit the website of your favorite U.S. company. Find the company's financial statements in the section of the website for investors. Post a link to the statements. Compute two ratios from each type: liquidity, solvency, and profitability. What do these ratios tell you about the financial status of this company?
Spot the sock
3. How can you use ratios and comparative analysis to help you in an interview?