Title Pagego To Doc Sharing For The Detailed Course Project

Title Pagego To Doc Sharing For The Detailed Course Project Instructio Go to Doc Sharing for the detailed Course Project instructions and grading rubric. Complete your Title page on this tab. Please include your name, the course, the date, your instructor's name, and the title for the project. Profiles Complete one paragraph profiling each company's business including information, such as a brief history, where they are located, number of employees, the products they sell, etc. Please reference any websites you used for the Profiles on the Bibliography tab. Tootsie Roll Industries began in a small candy store in New York in 1896. Tootsie Roll is now headquartered in Chicago with operations throughout North America and with distribution channels in over 75 countries. According to Yahoo Finance, Tootsie Roll has 2,200 full-time employees. Tootsie Roll sells the following branded candy: Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pop, Charms Blow Pop, Mason Dots, Andes, Sugar Daddy, Charleston Chew, Double Bubble, Razzles, Caramel Apple Pop, and Junior Mints. Tootsie Roll had 2011 net product sales of $528 million. Hershey Company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1893 and is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania. According to Yahoo Finance, Hershey had 12,100 full-time employees. Hershey is famous for the Hershey Bar, Hershey's Kisses, Hershey's Bliss, Reese's, Twizzlers, Almond Joy, Kit Kat, and Ice Breakers. Hershey had net product sales of $6 billion for 2011. Use this Excel spreadsheet to compute ratios; show your computations for all ratios on this tab and also include your commentary. The financial statements used to calculate these ratios are available in Appendix A and Appendix B of your textbook. The comparison of the ratios is an important part of the project. Briefly explain what each ratio indicates, whether a higher or lower ratio is better, and compare the two companies based on these ratios. Each ratio includes a comparative analysis, supporting your interpretation with the numerical data from the ratios. Indicate whether a higher or lower ratio is more favorable. For example, a higher current ratio suggests better liquidity, whereas a lower inventory turnover may indicate slower inventory management. Use these insights to compare each company across liquidity, solvency, and profitability ratios, noting where one significantly outperforms the other or where performance is comparable. Finally, provide a summary of which company appears to be the better investment based on the ratio analysis, supporting your conclusion with the derived insights. Consider which ratios reflect financial safety (liquidity and solvency) versus company growth and profitability when forming your judgment.