Question

• 1. Go to the Yahoo! Finance website and find out the required information in table below for two companies Toyota Motor Corporation (ticker “TM”) and Ford (ticker “F”).             
• You need to provide the date when you are reporting on companies. (If information is not available put NA)
• Considering collected information, compare the performance of this two companies in terms of profitability.

                                                                                                                       

Name of company	Toyota	Ford
Date of report
Bid
Ask
Volume
Market Cap
P/E
EPS
Div. & Yield

Answer 1

Solution:

Name of Company---------TOYOTA FORD

Date of Report--------------27/07/20 27/07/20

Bid/Ask-----------------------127.45--53 6.83--84

Volume-----------------------59594 29803161

Market Cap------------------177.80 Bn 27.78 Bn

P/E-----------------------------7.81 N/A

EPS---------------------------16.26 -0.78

Div Yield---------------------3.24% N/A

Comparing in terms of profitability:

From the above it is clearly seen that Toyota wins over Ford in terms of Profitability.

Toyota's Shareholders outstanding position is way too huge compared to Ford.

Earning per share is in positive as compared to Ford with a negative sign.

Stock price as well as EPS is good for Toyota, Thus PE ratio also shows good growth opportunities.

All the above ratios shows good profitability of Toyota -----------because Gross Profit, Net Profit and Operating margins are good enough to give profitable return to the shareholders.