HRT 374

Stock Assignment

All information can be found at www.yahoo.com/finance

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1.       Select 2 publicly traded companies, one in the hospitality industry and one company of your choice from any industry, although it could be from the hospitality industry too.  State each stock’s name, stock symbol, and Stock exchange. 

2. Of the 30 companies that make up the Dow, go through them and list ONLY the companies that are MOST likely to be hospitality companies among all of the following categories (Hospitality, Financial, Retail, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, and Technology).  Ask yourself—Is this company MOSTLY hospitality or could it be mostly tech or manufacturing or something else?

3. State the Dow Jones Index:  just use whole numbers, no decimals

4 A. You have $1,000 to invest in each company.  Fill in table below.  

4.  B. Compare the Dow % at the “end date” from question 3 with the % of your stocks at the “end date” from question 4A.  Did each of your stocks do better or worse than the Dow?

5. Fill in for each company’s most current 3 years. 

6. Liquidity–What are the current assets, current liabilities and Current Ratio of each stock for the past three years?

7. Solvency–What are the total assets, total liabilities and Solvency Ratio of each stock for the past three years?

8. What is the market cap for each stock?

9. A. Compare your 2 stocks using only answers from questions 4, 5, 6 and 7 from above.  First word should be which company is better in that category, then why it was better than the other company.  

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B. From the above, which of your two stocks would you buy with your own money? 

Notes:

• I will be glad to go over this assignment UNTIL one week before it is due.
• Use this as the template. 
• Assignment will be reduced one letter grade if format not followed
• Put your name on this paper
• This assignment is to be turned in by submitting to Blackboard only.  Here’s how:

1.       Go to this class in Blackboard

2.       Click on Assignments on the left side

3.       Click on the title Stock assignment

4.       Scroll down to section 2 Assignment Materials.  You will see Browse My Computer.

5.       Click on Browse My Computer, locate your assignment and click submit.