Select a large U.S. public corporation you are familiar with orwhich interests you. It should be on the Fortune 500 list. Usingthe company's most recent annual report (or Form 10-K) from thecompany's Investor Relations web page and other credible internetsources, develop a short (1.5 to 2 page) profile of thecorporation. Obtain and attach a PDF version of the most recentannual report (or Form 10-K) from the company's web site. Includethe following information:
- Name of the corporation and location of corporateheadquarters.
- State of incorporation.
- The stock exchange on which the company's stock is traded.
- Nature of its operations.
- The fiscal year end date of the annual report you used.
- Total assets on the balance sheet.
- Total revenues on the recent income statement.
- Net income on the income statement.
- The basic earnings per share reported on the recent incomestatement.
- The depreciation method used by the corporation.
- The inventory method used by the corporation. If the companydoes not report inventory on its balance sheet, state that in yourreport.
- Description of classes of stock (e.g. common, preferred, ClassA, etc.) and the number of shares authorized, issued andoutstanding for each class, from the balance sheet or notes.
- Market price of the stock on 1/31/19 (Yahoofinance or other stock quote site).
- High and low prices of stock for the past 12 months (Yahoofinance or other stock quote site).
- Dividends paid for each of share of stock during the yearcovered by the annual report from the income statement ornotes.
- The name of the Registered Public Accounting Firm who auditedthe company's financial statements.
- Discuss something that you found interesting in the annualreport, that you didn't know before.
- If you had $10,000 to invest, would you invest in the stock ofthe corporation you chose. Provide your opinion and support youropinion with evidence from your research.
Please include the links for the cited info, annual report &try to do a more recent report.
