Perform a financial analysis on two public companies

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Financial Analysis and Firm Strategies Project

Please perform a financial analysis on two public companies in the same industry and interpret the firm policies and strategies. You only need to perform the analysis on one-year data. Here is the requirement for the final project.

Part 1 Basic Information
In this part, please provide information about the firms and the source of the data.

Part 2 Dupont Analysis Ratio
In this part, please calculate the DuPont analysis ratios for both of the firms for the most recent fiscal year. Please refer to the slides how to put the DuPont analysis together.

Part 3 Horizontal Analysis
In this part, please perform horizontal analysis on both of the companies.

Part 4 Accounting Policies
Please select TWO accounts in the list and find the accounting policies in the financial statement notes of both firms. Please copy and paste the accounting policies into the project to see if the two firms have similar policies.

Part 5 Strategies
Do the firms disclose their strategies about profitability, efficiency, or leverage? If they do, please paste it into the project. If there is no information about the strategies, please interpret the difference of the strategies of the two firms by using the financial ratios. If you believe the two firms have very similar strategies about profitability, efficiency, and leverage, please state your reasons.

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