BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment 1 Company Ratios: Appendix C [WLO: 3] [CLO: 1] Any equity research report will typically include a ratio analysis of the financial performance of the company

BUS 401 Week 2 Assignment 1

Company Ratios: Appendix C [WLO: 3] [CLO: 1]

Any equity research report will typically include a ratio analysis of the financial performance of the company. For this assignment, you will use the Mergent database available in the university library to retrieve 3 years of financial ratios for the publicly traded company you chose for this class. In addition, you will download and format the financial ratios using Excel. You will save that Excel sheet as a PDF and submit it to Waypoint as Appendix C.

Prepare:

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

• Complete the Week 2 - Learning Activity in Amplifire.
• Review Chapter 11 of Essentials of finance.
• Watch the following video:

 (Links to an external site.)

BUS401 | Retrieving a Company’s Ratios Using Mergent (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)Construct Appendix C:

Using the Mergent database in the university library, and following the instructions in the BUS401 | Retrieving a Company’s Ratios Using Mergent (Links to an external site.) video from above complete the following:

• Find your company within the Mergent database.
• Download your company’s financial ratios for the last 3 years as an Excel document.
• Format the Excel spreadsheet according to the video instructions.
• Save the 3 years of financial ratios as a PDF. Title this PDF file “Appendix C” and submit it to Waypoint.

The Company Ratios: Appendix C must contain your company’s financial ratios for the last 3 years.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.