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SEC Filings

1. What filings does the company make annually and quarterly to the SEC? Why are these important?

2. Did your company make any Section 16 filings to the SEC? What is this filing used for?

3. What are the 8-k filings to the SEC? Why are these required by the SEC?

4. Did you find anything interesting in the 8-K filings for your company for the year? Be specific.

5. Did you find anything that would be interesting to an investor in the most recent 10-Q filing? Explain.

Should You Invest or Not?

6. What risks exist for the company? How can the company alleviate these risks?

7. What competition does the company have in the current market?

8. Does the company have any current legal proceedings? If so briefly describe them.

9. Do you see any trends in the market price over the last few years?

10. Who is the independent external auditor of the financial statements? When was the last audit?

Company’s Financial Statements and Notes

11. What is the sales revenue for the most current accounting period?

12. What is the total reported stockholders’ equity for the most current accounting period?

13. By how much did cash increase or decrease during the current year?

14. What cash expenditures did your company make for property, plant, and equipment during the current year?

15. What are the classes of stock, both authorized and unauthorized?

Compare Ratios

16. What is the working capital for the current period? What has caused this ratio to change over the last few years?

17. What are your concerns over the gross profit margin over the last few years?

18. How have the earnings per share changed over the last five years?

19. How has the price earnings ratio changed over the last five years?

20. What is the dividend yield for the last five years?