Part 1

For this assignment you willconduct a comparative DuPont analysis of two companies. Using a search engine,find one large corporation included in the S&P 500. Then, find one of itslargest competitors. Go to the investor relations portion of each corporationshomepage and find their most recent annual report. Complete a DuPont analysisby calculating the ROE, ROA, the profit margin, total asset turnover, andequity multiplier. Also, critique the differences between the two corporationsin approximately 100 words.

Part 2

Using the most recent incomestatements (annual) for the two corporations from Part 1 of the assignment,calculate a common size analysis. Then, discuss the differences in the twocorporations in approximately 75 words. Insert your 75-word discussion justbelow your analysis.

Be sure toshow all of your work for the calculations. Save and submit Part 1 and Part 2together in one Word document.