Use data from Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, Bloomberg, the company’s annual report, and other public data to complete the following.

Assignment: Using the Bloomberg Equity Valuation example, complete the following tasks for the target company and its competitors.

SUMMARY REPORT MUST INCLUDE (narrative with supporting charts and graphs; no more than 10 pages):

(1) Executive Summary
(2) Overview of Companies. Summarize the following:
a) Each company’s market share or market position in the industry/sector.
b) Each company’s stock performance
c) Analyst’s Opinion on Buy or Sell
d) Your recommendation and rationale about your assigned company’s future outlook
(3) Stock Price Trend . One page per company
a. Create a graph of the monthly stock prices for your assigned company compared to the S&P
500 over a ten year period starting on January 1 until September 30 of the tenth year.
b. Compare and contrast the stock trends.
c. Discuss any spikes in stock price volatility.