This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following: Explain accounts as they relate to the accounting equation. Use the debt ratio to evaluate business performance. Overview An important skill of an accountant is understanding how to use financial statements to evaluate business performance. In this module, you will select a company that you would like to evaluate. You'll use this company throughout the course. Choose Your Company Your instructor has broken you into industry groups. Within each industry group, you should select one of the companies provided. Do not select a company that another student has selected. Review your Company's Annual Report (also known as a 10-K) Using the SEC Edgar website, Links to an external site. enter the name of your company and click Search. Once your company has been found, refine your search results by clicking on Form and selecting 10-K. Open the most recently filed 10-K (Annual Report). You will use this annual report throughout the entire semester so you may want to save it to your computer or bookmark the link on your computer