For your first assignment, you will research how to evaluate stocks as an investment option and complete a company analysis. You will start by selecting two companies (Walmart; 2024 Cash Flow from Operations: $35,726,000, Capital Expenditures: $-20,606,000; 2023 Cash Flow from Operations: $28,841,000, Capital Expenditures: $-16,857,000, and Costco; 2024 Cash Flow from Operations: $11,339,000, Capital Expenditures: $-4,710,000; 2023 Cash Flow from Operations: $11,068,000, Capital Expenditures: $-4,323,000) to determine how free cash flow impacts their growth potential. Determine the free cash flow for the last two most recent years for the two companies. Select one company on each of the two different domestic (U.S.) stock exchanges to review. Free cash flow is defined as cash flow from operations minus capital expenditures. Explain how a company's free cash flow affects its growth potential. Include the inferences you can draw from a company's free cash flow. Complete the Company Analysis section, including the Industry and the names of three companies (Amazon, Target, Ross). Complete the Income Statement section for each company's 2024 Total Revenue (Amazon: $637,959,000; Target: $107,412,000; Ross: $20,376,941); 2023 total revenue (Amazon: $574,785,000; Target: $109,120,000; Ross: $18,695,829); 2024 Gross Profit (Amazon: $311,671,000; Target: $29,584,000; Ross: $5,575,340); 2023 Gross profit (Amazon: $270,046,000