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1. Choose a company from the following list: a. Hershey Corporation (HSY)

2. Pull the Company's TWO most recent 10-Ks (Annual Reports) from the Edgar Database on the SEC's website. (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml) The 10-K information can also be found in the investor relations section of each company's website.

3. What is downloaded from the SEC website will be very rough and poorly-formatted. Use the information downloaded to create ONE Excel Workbook with 4 tabs:

a. Tab 1: Income Statement for most recent three years.

b. Tab 2: Balance Sheet for most recent three years.

c. Tab 3: Statement of Cash Flows for most recent three years.

d. Tab 4: Ratio Analysis

4. Financial Analysis:

a. Using Excel formulas, calculate the Dollar Change between each year (all tabs).

b. Using Excel formulas, calculate the Percent Change between each year (all tabs).

c. Using Excel formulas, calculate the Common Size Percents:

i. Use Total Assets as the base amount for the Balance Sheet.

ii. Use Sales as the base amount for the Income Statement.

iii. No Common Size Percents must be calculated for the Statement of Cash Flows.

d. Using Excel formulas, calculate the following ratios for EACH of the three years presented:

i. Current ratio

ii. Acid-test ratio

iii. Accounts receivable turnover (for two most recent years only, not required for third year)

iv. Inventory turnover (for two most recent years only, not required for third year)

v. Days' sales uncollected

vi. Total asset turnover (for two most recent years only, not required for third year)

vii. Debt-to-equity ratio

viii. Profit Margin

ix. Return on total assets (for two most recent years only, not required for third year)

x. Earnings per share (may be obtained from 10-K)