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Greetings, I need help to do the second part of a research paper of my Finance class. I must take the data from the table I am including to answer what the "Research 2 Investment" sheet indicates. Could you help me? Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Variable (year 2018) Pfizer Bristol-Myers Squibb Ibrance (cancer), Lyrica (epilepsia, ansiedad), Lypitor (enfermedades cardiovasculares), Zoloft (antidepresivo), Viagra (disfuncin erctil) New York, US 92,400.00 50,820.00 41,580.00 $467.00 Main Products Opdivo (cancer), Eliquis (anticuagulante), Orencia (artritis reumatoide), Sprycel (cancer), Yervoy (cancer). Home Country Total Employment Overseas Employment Local Employment New York, US 23,300.00 12,815.00 10,485.00 $221.00 Total Common Shares Total Preferred Shares $19.00 $0 Total Bonds $1B $19B Total Long Term Debt $32,909B New York Stock Exchange $53.6B $5.646B New York Stock Exchange Where the shares are traded Total Sales Local Sales Overseas Sales $6.0B $25,329M $28,318M $12,516M $9,975M I Research 2 Investment As an investor you need to calculate the main ratios o Internal liquidity ratios: Current ratio. Operating performance: Operating efficiency ratios: total asset turnover Operating profitability ratios: Gross profit margin, Operating profit margin, Net profit margin, Return on total capital, (ROE) Risk analysis C C O Business risk: Type of industry The variability of the firm's operating income over time (sales variability, and operating leverage) Financial risk Uncertainty of acquiring debt, the acceptable level of financial risk for a firm depends on its business risk. Debt ratios: debt-equity ratio, long-term debt/total capital ratio, total debt ratio. Interest coverage Cash flow coverage ratio, cash flow-long term debt ratio, cash flow/total debt ratio. External liquidity risk (determinants of market liquidity) Comparing the market data with the companies' data. O As an investor, you have to decide the possibility to invest in these companies and explaining the reasoning of your decision. o Summary Of the main and relevant issues found from the data. o Investment decision Considering the data, investment theories do you recommend to invest in these companies individually or as a portfolio. Comparison between theory and practices in investment. The most relevant aspects of your project. Identify the most issue that you considered important in considering to invest in the sample companies. Identify a practice or a theory to support your discussion

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