You will select a public company. For that public company, you will need to download the balance sheet, income statement

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You will select a public company. For that public company, you
will need to download the balance sheet, income statement and other
financial data for the most recent fiscal year. You can obtain data
from Bloomberg, and Yahoo!finance. In addition, you will download
the company’s dividends per share, earnings per share, dividends,
additions to retained earnings and the company’s ending stock price
for the most recent fiscal year. You will construct the following
financial ratios for your company and the industry that are shown
in the mini case at the end of Chapter 12 of Brigham-Ehrhardt on
the top of page 535.
Using the financial ratios shown, discuss how the company that
you selected is performing relative to its industry peers. You will
need to be specific as to the company’s specific strengths and
weaknesses. Use the financial ratios, as well as the Dupont
Equation shown in Chapter 3 of the Brigham-Ehrhardt text, to
describe the specific strengths and weaknesses of the company.
Assume that the financial ratios are unchanged one year later.
Use the AFN equation in Chapter 12 to forecast external capital
needs under three alternative growth rates for sales.