Unit IV Essay

This assignment is designed to teach you how to research a company of your choice. You will be performing an analysisof the financial statements of a publicly traded company

1. To obtain these financial statements. you will need to access http://www.sec.gov/

2. Once you are on the SEC website, click on Company Filings in the top right corner of the page, located under the search box.

3. You may then search by the company name or ticker symbol to locate the company you want to research.

4. Once you have obtained your companys financial statements, it is time begin your analysis. Within your analysis you must include, but are not limited to, the following information:

• Thecompanyscurrentratio,
• debttoequityratio,
• returnonequity,and
• whetherthecompanyisimprovingovertime.

5.Youwillneedtosupportyouranalysiswithatleastonescholarlyreference. Useyourscholarlyreference(s)tosupportyouranalysisofthecompanyanditsfinancial statements. YouressayshouldbeaminimumoftwopagesinlengthandfollowAPAguidelines