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To incentivize you to keep up with the work, as indicated on the syllabus, I'll be collecting and grading as part of your final project, (via Blackboard)

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Question 1. Describe the companies, brief history (most important events only), current leadership, corporate governance (board composition - insider vs outside directors) and significant events.

Question 2. Describe companies' industry and business model - identify major components of the revenue.

Question 3. Download the transcripts of the most recent quarterly earnings call and report back top 3-5 issues that analysts were interested in and how did the management address those issues.

Question 4. Download, for the last 5 years, annual balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements and statements of shareholders' equity (for both of your companies).

Question 5. Common size balance sheets and income statements for all 5 years, for both firms. Discuss relative performance of companies' revenues, costs, profits (gross, operating and net), and balance sheet items' account changes (significant ones).

Question 6. Compile and discuss the history and direction of P/E and P/B ratios (as of dates of your financial statements). What does this analysis tell you regarding these stocks being value, growth...

• The first being work doc which will end up being your final report, and one excel file, which will contain statements and analysis.