Your analysis and report on each of the two companies should contain the followi

Your analysis and report on each of the two companies should contain the following information:
1. A description of each company’s products and markets. (Use the 10-K.)
▪ You can access the 10-K through Edgar
▪ Refer to Appendix A of your textbook for instructions on accessing Edgar
2. Any significant news regarding the company in approximately the past year.
▪ Read any articles you find and summarize them into a brief (but meaningful) synopsis.
▪ Select the most relevant articles. (I do not want to see any plagiarism and I do not want to read the entire article.)
3. A brief analysis highlighting any important issues that may either positively or negatively affect the
company’s future stock performance. (Read the 10-K!)
▪ Legal proceedings / Litigation
▪ Market Risk / Operational factors
▪ Other factors specific to the company’s industry, competition, etc.
4. Stock closing price for each day for 10 consecutive days (M-F).
▪ The stock market regular session closes at 1pm PT (Pacific Time!) each day. You should
obtain the stock’s closing price after 1pm, but before 6am the next morning.
▪ Prepare a 10-day graph as well as a longer term graph that shows the bigger picture.
5. Price-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) for each day for 10 consecutive days (M-F).
▪ See above instructions for Stock Closing Price. Obtain PE Ratio from the same website when
you are obtaining closing price data. P/E Ratio is sometimes called Trailing P/E (but is
different from Forward P/E).
▪ Prepare a 10-day graph and explain what the P/E ratios mean and how you interpret it in
relation to this project and deciding between the two companies.