Use Thomson ONE to analyze Ford Motor Company. Enter Ford's ticker symbol (F) and select GO. By selecting the tab at the top labeled Financials, you can find Ford's key financial statements for the past several years. At the Financials screen on the second line of tabs, select the Fundamental Ratios tab. If you then select the SEC Database Ratios from the pull-down menu, you can select either annual or quarterly ratios.

Under annual ratios, there is an in-depth summary of Ford's various ratios over the past three years.

Click on the Peers tab (on the first line of tabs) near the top of the screen for a summary of financial information for Ford and a few of its peers. If you click on the Peer Sets tab (second line of tabs), you can modify the list of peer firms. The default setup is "Peers set by SIC Code." To obtain a comparison of many of the key ratios presented in the text, just click on Financials (second line of tabs) and select Key Financial Ratios from the drop-down menu.

1. What has happened to Ford's liquidity position over the past 3 years? How doesFord's liquidity compare with its peers?
2. Take a look at Ford's inventory turnover ratio. How does this ratio comparewith its peers? Have there been any interesting changes over time in this measure? Do you consider Ford's inventory management to be a strength or aweakness?
3. Construct a simple Du Pont analysis for Ford and its peers. What are Ford'sstrengths and weaknesses relative to its competitors?