Question
MINI CASE: I need help!! One page is good.
Go to http://finance.yahoo.com/ and locate current financial information for GM and Toyota, both in terms of the company’s current financial statements and stock market prices. With this information:
A. Compute the financial ratios for both firms for the most recent year, and evaluate the relative performance of the two firms in the following areas:
1. Liquidity, operating profitability, financing practices, and return on the shareholders investment.
B. What is each firms price/earnings ratio and market/book ratio? What do these ratios tell you?
C. Assume that the cost of capital(investors required rate of return) is 8 percent for both companies. Calculate the EVA for each company. Interpret your findings.