Pick a publicly traded company of your choosing. Identify their major publicly traded competitor. For both companies download the last three years of their financial statements. Using the financial statements calculate the following ratios for each company for each of the last three years. In total you will calculate each ratio 6 times.Current RatioDebt to EquityInventory TurnoverProfit MarginPrice to Earnings Ratio (You will need to use a finance website to locate historical stock prices that match the statement date)Return on AssetsReturn on Equity (Including DuPont method)Once you have the ratios format them in a professional table that you will use in your final paper. The paper should be a minimum of 1500 words in APA fomrat and use the following outline.Introduction to your company (Min 250 words)Introduction to your competitor (Min 150 words)Ratio and trend analysis (Min 100 words per ratio)ROE and DuPont Analysis (Min 200 words)Conclusion and recommendation (Min 300 words)Your conclusion should summarize the companies performance, include what you think is the intrinsic value per share, and a discussion if you think the stock is a Buy, Hold, or Sell.

QuestionsCritique the changes presented in the Porter and Heppelmann (2014) article. Are the authors presenting a perspective that resonates with your experience? How is your industry being affected by the changes unleashed by the convergence of technologies? 2 . Watch the video of Sarah Nahm, co-founder and CEO of Lever (Links to an external site.). What inspired the founders to start the company? 3. Critique the arguments made by Periglieri, Ashford and Wrzesniewski (2018) about the gig economy. Please relate your critique to our understanding of how gig economy companies such as Uber and others manage their employees.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:Budgeting is a tool used by management for performing the functions of planning, coordinating, and controlling operations of a business. Our textbook, Managing Accounting Concepts, describes 2 main types of budgeting: static budgets and flexible budgets. Differentiate between the 2 types of budgets and include the following in your response:Provide an example of the type of business or company that would benefit from using a flexible budget.Provide support for your business selection and include the advantage for using a flexible budget over a static budget.