400-600 words

400–600 words plus charts

• Use www.msn.com to find financial statements for any "for profit" company in the computer hardware industry.
  1. enter the company symbol
  2. go to menu on left side of screen
  3. go to financial results
  4. go to financial ratios
• Complete a ratio analysis for that company's last year's financial data. At a minimum, list and discuss the company performance vs. its industry average for these 4 ratios:
  • Profit as percent of sales
  • Current ratio
  • Debt to equity ratio
  • ROE
• Comment on
  • how these ratios depict the financial health of this company as compared to the industry average.
  • what the company might do to get better in each area.