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Company Name		McDonald's	Wendy's	YUM!	Industry
					Average
Market Price of Common Stock (Stock Price)		$35.0	$31.0	$45.0	$37.0
Revenue (Sales)		$22,151.0	$3,550.0	$8,380.0	$11,360.3
Cost of Goods Sold		$7,384.1	$2,299.6	$3,940.0	$4,541.2
Gross Profit		$14,766.9	$1,250.4	$4,440.0	$6,819.1
SG&A Expense		$5,776.0	$261.1	$3,005.0	$3,014.0
Depreciation + amortization		$1,148.2	$167.8	$401.0	$572.3
Operating Income (EBIT) Earnings before interest and taxes		$7,842.7	$821.5	$1,034.0	$3,232.7
Interest Expense		$467.1	$48.5	$164.5	$226.7
Net Profits After Tax		$1,675.0	$236.0	$617.0	$842.7
3-5 Year Growth Rate In Earnings		15.00	8.00	7.00	10.00
Cash		$492.8	$171.2	$192.0	$285.3
Accounts Receivables		$734.5	$124.0	$169.0	$342.5
Inventory		$129.4	$54.4	$67.0	$83.6
Total Current Assets		$6,500.0	$1,235.0	$1,485.0	$3,073.3
Total Assets		$28,524.0	$3,164.0	$6,500.0	$12,729.3
Short Term Debt		$388.0	$50.9	$10.0	$149.6
Total Current Liabilities		$2,485.8	$528.5	$1,461.0	$1,491.8
Long Term Debt		$9,342.5	$692.6	$2,056.0	$4,030.4
Total Liabilities (Total Debt)		$11,828.3	$1,221.1	$3,517.0	$5,522.1
Stockholders Equity		$16,695.7	$1,942.9	$2,983.0	$7,207.2
Annual Dividends paid to common stock		$578	$54.0	$125	$252
Preferred Dividends		$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0
# of Common Shares Outstanding		1,154.0	114.7	292.0	520.2
Financial Ratio's		McDonald's	Wendy's	YUM!	Average
Liquidity
Current Ratio		2.61	2.34	1.02	1.99
Quick Ratio		2.56	2.23	0.97	1.92
Asset Activity
Accounts Rec. Turnover
Inventory Turnover
Total Asset Turnover
Debt
Total Debt to Equity
Equity Multiplier
Times Interest Earned
Profitability
Gross Profit Margin
Operating Profit Margin
Net Profit Margin
(ROA) Return On Assets
(ROE) Return On Equity
Market Value
EPS
P/E
PEG Ratio
Dividends Per Share
Dividend Payout Ratio
Book Value Per Share
Price to Book Value
Market Capitalization
Cash Per Share
Revenue Per Share

Based on the Financial Ratio's, which company do you fell is the best investment?

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Answer 1

Company Name		Mc Donald's	Wendy's	Yum!	Average
Asset Activity
Account Rec. Turnover		30.16	28.63	49.59	33.17
Inventory Turnover		57.06	42.27	58.81	54.32
Total Asset Turnover		0.78	1.21	1.29	0.89
Debt
Total Debt to Equity		0.71	0.63	1.18	0.77
Equity Multiplier		1.71	1.63	2.18	1.77
Times interest earned		16.79	16.94	6.29	14.26
Profitability
Gross Profit Margin		0.67	0.35	0.53	0.60
Operating Profit Margin		0.35	0.23	0.12	0.28
Net profit Margin		0.08	0.07	0.07	0.07
(ROA) Return on Asset		0.06	0.07	0.09	0.07
(ROE) Return on Equity		0.1.	0.12	0.21	0.12
Market Value		40390	3555.7	13140	19247.4
EPS		1.45	2.06	2.11	1.62
P/E		24.14	15.05	21.33	22.84
PEG ratio		1.61	1.88	3.05	2.28
Dividend per share		0.50	0.47	0.43	0.48
Dividend payout ratio		0.34	0.23	0.20	0.30
Book value per share		14.47	16.94	10.22	13.85
Price to book value
Market Capitalization
Cash per share		0.43	1.49	0.66	0.55
Revenue per share		19.2	30.95	28.7	21.84