• Download Balance Sheets and Income Statements of two companies for at least 10 years. Companies may be from the same or different industries. To use companies with the following criteria:

1. Debt to Equity Ratios: Lesser than 20%
2. Return on Assets: Greater than 15%
3. Return on Equity: Greater than 15%
4. Current Ratio: More than 1.5 if possible

• You will need to conduct a comparative analysis of the following performance indicators of the companies:

1. Liquidity ratios
2. Profitability ratios
3. Cash flow
4. Debt to Equity Ratios

• The following statistical tools:

1. Descriptive statistics
2. Time series plots of the above indicators

• Clearly compare and contrast the performances of two firms in terms of the above indicators using the statistical methods/tools as mentioned above.
• Discuss the performances of the firms during the COVID19 outbreak.
• If your selected firms are from the same companies, then discuss the possible reasons for the differences in their performances. If the firms are from different industries, then relate the nature of the businesses to explain the differences in their performances.