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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.

B. Using the two stocks you identified, determine the free cash flow from 2013 & 2014. What inference can you draw from the companies’ free cash flow?

C. Using the 2016 & 2017 financial statements for both stocks, prepare two financial ratios for each of the following categories: liquidity ratios, asset management ratios, and profitability ratios. You should have a total of six ratios for each stock, per year. What challenges, strengths, or weaknesses do you see? Please be articulate.

Financial Management: Theory and Practice

15th Edition

Eugene F. Brigham , University of Florida

Michael C. Ehrhardt , University of Tennessee

(Brigham xxviii)

Brigham, Ehrhardt. ACP Financial Theory & Practice, 15th Edition. Cengage Learning, 2/2017. VitalBook file.