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Assignment: Finance and Operations: This week we look at finance and operations, and apply a bit of quantitative analysis to the effort.Your assignment this week is to analyze current financial ratios for a given business.1. Think of a specific business you find interesting, i.e. Apple, UTC, Southwest Airlines, etc.2. Search the web for that business’ “Financial Statement”. (You will find many hits for the data.)3. You will now see a number of financial ratios for your company. Below is an example for Apple.4. Now, define the following ratios, note the ratio for your business, and explain what the ratio means for the business moving forward:a) Return on Assetsb) Return on Equityc) Return on Capitald) Gross Margine) SG&A Marginf) Current Ratiog) Quick Ratioh) Total Debt/Equityi) Total Revenuej) Gross Profit5. Is the business healthy? What makes you say this?
