Stock Research and
Presentation Activity
300 Points
Presentations Begin 5/2 (Monday)
Research Activity (150
Points)
 Each of you will randomly select a slip of
paper that lists the name of one of the
companies in the S&P 500.
 You will now research the questions on
the following slides about your selected
company.
Stock Symbol
 This is the unique series of letters
assigned to a security for trading
purposes.
 You will need to report what the stock
symbol is for your company.
DJIA or Not?
 The company that you selected is listed
in the S&P 500.
 You will need to report if it is also a
member of the Dow Jones Industrial
Average.
Stock Price
 This is the price of one share of stock
 You will need to report what the stock
price is for your company.
Market Capitalization
 What is the market capitalization for your
company?
 Information about market capitalization
can be found in your notes.
 You will need to report what the market
capitalization is for your company.
Earnings Per Share
 This is the portion of the company’s profit
allocated to each outstanding share of
stock.
 This serves as an indicator of a
company’s profitability.
 You will need to report the earnings per
share for your company.
Price-Earnings Ratio
 This is the price of a stock divided by its earnings per
share.
 Example:
$20 share price
$1 of earnings per share
P/E ratio of 20
This tells an investor how expensive (or inexpensive) a
stock is based upon its earnings.
You will need to report the price-earnings ratio for your
company.
Dividend Rate
 This is the total expected dividend
payment from an investment.
 You will need to report the dividend rate
for your company.
Dividend Yield
 This shows how much a company pays
out in dividends relative to its share price.
 This is determined by taking the dividend
rate and dividing it by the stock price.
 You will need to report the dividend yield
for your company.
52 Week High
 This is the highest price a stock has
reached during the last 52 weeks.
 You will need to report the 52 week high
for your stock.
52 Week Low
 This is the lowest price a stock has
reached during the last 52 weeks.
 You will need to report the 52 week low
for your stock.
Additional Questions
 What is the primary industry for your company?
 What are some of the major products/brands sold
and/or services provided?
 Where are the corporate headquarters located?
 How many employees does your company have?
 Also, you should give a brief history of the company
(Who founded the company? When was it founded?
Where was it founded?) Try and include any other
interesting pieces of information that will add to your
presentation.
Presentation (150 Points)
• Each of you will present the information that you have
researched to the class.
• Each presentation should last between 3 and 5
minutes.
• We will begin the presentations on May 2nd (Monday)
• Your name will be drawn randomly to determine the
order in which you will make your presentation.
• If you are not ready when you are called you will lose
50 points. You have three opportunities to give your
presentation. After you have been called three times,
you will receive a zero!
• You will turn-in your company research questions
(Typed) after you have given your presentation.
Helpful Hints
 Use the following web sites to help you with your
research:
moneycentral.com
finance.yahoo.com
google.com/finance
money.cnn.com
You can also use the company’s web site to find answers
to the research questions and information about the
company’s founding and its history.
If you use Wikipedia, make sure that you verify the
information with another source
Date(s) You Researched
Your Company
 You will need to record the date(s) that
you researched the statistical information
for your companies.
McDonald’s (MCD)
 We are going to examine the McDonald’s
corporation as a class.
 We will look at all of the statistics of this
corporation and you can use this as a
model for you research project and
presentation.
 We will begin our look at MCD tomorrow.