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lect a large U.S. public corporation you are familiar with or which interests yo

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lect a large U.S. public corporation you are familiar with or which interests you. It ould be on the Fortune 500 list. Using the company's most recent annual report (or rm 10-K) from the company's Investor Relations web page and other edible internet sources, develop a short (1.5 to 2 page) profile of the corporation. btain and attach a PDF version of the most recent annual report (or Form 10-K) om the company's web site. Include the following information: 1. Name of the corporation and location of corporate headquarters. 2. State of incorporation. 3. The stock exchange on which the company's stock is traded. 4. Nature of its operations. 5. The fiscal year end date of the annual report you used. 6. Total assets on the balance sheet 7. Total revenues on the recent income statement. 8. Net income on the income statement. 9. The basic earnings per share reported on the recent income statement. The depreciation method used by the corporation inventory on its balance sheet, state that in your report. number of shares authorized, issued and outstanding for each class, from the 11. The inventory method used by the corporation. If the company does not report 12. Description of classes of stock (e.g. common, preferred, Class A, etc.) and the 13. Market price of the stock on MM/DD/MYYY (Instructor to update) (Yahoo 14. High and low prices of stock for the past 12 months (Yahoo finance or other 15. Dividends paid for each of share of stock during the year covered by the 16. The name of the Registered Public Accounting Firm who audited the 17. Discuss something that you found interesting in the annual report, that you 18. If you had $10.000 to invest. would you invest in the stock of the balance sheet or notes. finance or other stock quote site). stock quote site). annual report from the income statement or notes company's financial statements. didn't know before rp chose Provide arch pir nd ce

Explanation / Answer

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational company that pitches in automobile sector since June 16, 1903. The Headquarter of Ford is situated in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. The founder of the company is Henry Ford. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the brand name Ford and Lincoln. It keeps headquarters in various countries such china, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Russia. It is listed on New York Stock Exchange. Ford is the second-largest automobile maker in the USA and the Fifth largest in the world based on the criteria of production in the year 2015.

State of incorporation: Ford Mack Avenue Plant, in Detroit, Michigan, is the first factory where cars were manufactured.

Stock Exchange on which Company is traded: Newyork Stock Exchange

Nature of Its Operations: Producing Automobile products including cars and commercial vehicles and Luxury Cars

Fiscal Year and the date of the Annual report used: December 31,2017, March 15, 2018

Total Assets on the Balance sheet: 257,808 in millions

Total Revenues on the recent income statement: 156,776 in millions

Net Income on the Income Statement: 7,628 in millions

The Basic Earnings Per share reported on the recent income Statement: $1.91

Depreciation method used by Corporation : straight-line method

Inventory Method: A substantial portion of U.S. inventories is determined on a last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) basis but Cost of other inventories is determined by costing methods that approximate a first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) basis.

Classes of Stock: Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, Authorised 6 billion shares, Issued 3,947 million shares, in 2017 the Common stock value is 40 million

Class B Stock

Class B Stock, par value $.01 per share, issued 71 million shares authorised 530 million, in 2017 worth is 1 million

Market Price of the Stock :

Date

Open

High

Low

Close*

Volume

04-Apr-2018

10.87

11.36

10.80

11.33

4,48,18,90

High Low Price for the Last 12 Months

Date

Open

High

Low

Close

Adj Close

Volume

3/5/2018

10.31

10.63

10.3

10.58

10.58

44021300

3/6/2018

10.65

10.68

10.47

10.63

10.63

30978900

3/7/2018

10.51

10.64

10.43

10.63

10.63

30046600

3/8/2018

10.65

10.68

10.48

10.61

10.61

26948000

3/9/2018

10.63

10.73

10.57

10.73

10.73

26684400

3/12/2018

10.69

10.85

10.68

10.81

10.81

33800900

3/13/2018

10.84

10.98

10.73

10.78

10.78

44456800

3/14/2018

11.25

11.44

11.01

11.02

11.02

91985300

3/15/2018

11.05

11.25

10.95

11.07

11.07

47645300

3/16/2018

11.12

11.22

11.06

11.15

11.15

80684200

3/19/2018

11.15

11.17

10.87

11.01

11.01

63122500

3/20/2018

11.05

11.13

10.97

10.99

10.99

45612800

3/21/2018

11

11.19

10.93

11.1

11.1

38551000

3/22/2018

11

11.06

10.73

10.75

10.75

51280900

3/23/2018

10.79

10.81

10.51

10.56

10.56

39950900

3/26/2018

10.74

10.87

10.68

10.83

10.83

52325500

3/27/2018

10.85

10.92

10.72

10.83

10.83

40677300

3/28/2018

10.83

10.95

10.73

10.86

10.86

42263700

3/29/2018

10.93

11.13

10.92

11.08

11.08

39864000

4/2/2018

11.06

11.09

10.7

10.86

10.86

43598100

4/3/2018

11.01

11.18

10.9

11.15

11.15

42523900

4/4/2018

10.87

11.36

10.8

11.33

11.33

44818900

Ford Common Stock price per share

First Quarter 0.20

Second Quarter 0.15

Third Quarter 0.15

Fourth Quarter 0.15

Name of the Auditing Company PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm

The stock market volatility is very low in ford motor company so I can invest 10,000 in Ford motors company to gain good profit in the future.

Date

Open

High

Low

Close*

Volume

04-Apr-2018

10.87

11.36

10.80

11.33

4,48,18,90