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Write a 2-page research report on a company within the S&P/TSX composite. Can be either a BUY report or SELL report. Should include: • Brief industry overview, and company’s relative positioning • Financial ratio analysis – 5-year trend • Industry ratio comparison – only current year ratios • Identify top 5 relative ratios for the company and compare with industry peers. • What are the company’s strengths? • What are the company’s weaknesses? • Potential catalysts for the stock price • Forecast a target price for the shares for next 12 months • Forecast EPS for next 12 months • What is your target stock multiple? • What are your economic assumptions? • Do you expect your stock to outperform/underperform its industry peers? • What are the target investors (value investors, growth investors, momentum, etc.) • NOTE: use ONLY company specific documents found on SEDAR.com NOTE: DO NOT use investment broker reports, periodicals, industry reports, etc. The objective of this assignment is to focus on company financial statements and increased familiarity with financial ratios to formulate preliminary investment opinions.