Professional Assignment 2

I have attached a copy of the assignment for your reference, I would like similar assignment with different companies in it and with no plagiarism. The question is below for your reference. I will need this assignment by 11PM pacific time tonight, thanks.

Search Yahoo Finance, or any other credible source to retrieve the most recent income

statement and balance sheet for a major leveraged corporation.

a. Provide these statements in proper format and include a screenshot of the data.

b. Retrieve the data on the companys historical data and calculate annual rate of

return by using adjusted closing prices for the past 20 years. using adjusted closing

values the past 20 years.

c. Using the data on the company's stock rate of return and the indexs rate of return

estimate beta of the corporation. Compare this value with the value stated by the

source.

d. Retrieve the risk-free rate of return as the annual interest rate of US treasuries.

Based on these values estimate the expected annual rate of return of the

corporations security. Compare your estimate with the expected rate of return as

evaluated based on your data in part b.

e. Using the financial statements mentioned above estimate the annual rate of interest

paid by the corporation (cost of debt). Also, find the tax rate and capitalization ratio

(proportions among equity and debt). Using these values that you have found

estimate the annual weighted cost of capital (WACC) of the corporation.

2. This part of the assignment is in preparation for CLA2. Choose 5 major securities from

different industries, among which one can be the one you chose in part 1 of the

question, Retrieve the data on the companies historical data and calculate annual rate

of return for the past 20 years for each security.

Provide your explanations and definitions in detail and be precise. Comment on your findings.

Provide references for content when necessary. Provide your work in detail and explain in your

own words. Support your statements with six (6) peer-reviewed in-text citation(s) and

reference(s).