Week 6 - Discussion Form

See attached project instructions:

This is really a continuation of material from FIN 305 as I am asking you to analyze a company using the traditional tools of ratios and a common size income statement. Additionally, in item III G. you will see that I have asked you to evaluate the firm's capital structure (the proportion of debt vs. equity).

You will prepare a PowerPoint presentation. Use as many slides as necessary but please don't get carried away. Also, remember that PowerPoints are not meant to be "paragraph after paragraph" of writing, but rather the highlights of your findings which will be mostly in bullet-point format. You may need to explain some of your findings in more detail, of course, and I am looking for an analysis that would include the "so what" of your findings.

What you should do this week is select the two publicly-traded companies IN THE SAME INDUSTRY you will be using for your project. Note that they should NOT be financial institutions. Also, please do not use Wal-Mart, K-mart, Coke, or Pepsi. I've seen too many of these!

Companies Selected:

Boeing and Lockheed Martin

https://investors.boeing.com/investors/financial-reports/default.aspx (Links to an external site.)

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/annual-reports.html