This assignment is designed to help students obtain the ability to collect financial information and interpreting financial statements. Also, students are required to perform financial analysis and benchmarking, evaluate financial performance, and provide recommendations to help the company to improve.

Requirements:

Identify two public listed companies in North America i.e. RBC vs TD. Or CIBC vs BMO
Retrieve their financial statements(from last 2 years-for both companies)(company investor relation website or www.sedar.com)
Perform financial analysis including vertical, horizontal and ratio analysis
Evaluate financial performance
Provide recommendation