Pick up your favorite company. Find 2017 annual reports for your favorite company. (You may find the reports at the company website, google.com, Finance.Yahoo.com, or SEC company filings )
Your favorite company should be a manufacturing company, with securities publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange.
Pick up a competitor company. The competitor company should be a public company, with securities publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Find 2017 annual reports for the competitor company.
Please do NOT choose the Procter & Gamble Company as your favorite company or the competitor company.