Assignment
Answer the following questions on a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link above.
A. In your own words, please identify two different stock exchanges in the United States. Describe the similarities and differences between the two stock exchanges. Identify one stock from each of the two stock exchanges. Please be brief (no more than one page) and cite your resources.
B. Using the two stocks you identified, determine the free cash flow from 2015 & 2016. What inference can you draw from the companies' free cash flow? Please present your findings in a table.
C. Using the information and formulas from your textbook, please prepare two financial ratios for each stock, using the 2015 & 2016 financial statements, to include: liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and profitability ratios. You should have a total of six ratios for each stock, per year (two ratios for each category per year). What challenges, strengths, or weaknesses do you see? Please present your findings in a table.