Complete one paragraph profiling each company's business including information, such as a brief history

Complete one paragraph profiling each company's business including information, such as a brief history, where they are located, number of employees, the products they sell, etc. Please reference any websites you used for the Profiles on the Bibliography tab.

Use this Excel spreadsheet to compute ratios; show your computations for all ratios on this tab and also include your commentary.

The financial statements used to calculate these ratios are available in Appendix A and Appendix B of your textbook.

Earnings per Share of Common Stock (basic - common)

Current Ratio

Gross Profit Margin

Rate of Return (Net Profit Margin) on Sales

Inventory Turnover

Days' inventory outstanding (DIO)

Accounts Receivable Turnover

Days' sales outstanding (DSO)

Asset turnover

Rate of Return on Total Assets (ROA)

Debt Ratio

Times-Interest-Earned Ratio

Dividend Yield

Rate of Return on Common Stockholders' Equity (ROE)

Free cash flow

Price/Earnings Ratio (Multiple)

(please see the instructions for the dates to use for this ratio)

You all get the chance to play the role of financial analyst below. The summary should be a comparison of each company's performance for each major category of ratios (liquidity, solvency, and profitability) listed below. Focus on major differences as you compare each company's performance. A nice way to conclude is to state which company you feel is the better investment and why.