Compare the financial situations of two companies.

Introduction This report is to compare the financial situations of two companies in the restaurant industry, Darden Restaurants Inc. of Florida and Brinker International Inc. of Texas. The report will provide a detailed analysis and summary of several things including financial analysis, industry history and analysis, both companies history and analysis, vertical and horizontal analysis, and the creditworthiness of each company. These analysis' that we are going to conduct will provide us with a myriad …

…a good credit risk and a good investment as well because it out performs its competitors in the industry on all the fundamental ratio's that determine a companies financial well being. Bibliography Accounting Text and Cases, 10th Edition, By Anthony, Hawkins and Merchant. New York: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1999. Darden Restaurants Inc. Consolidated Annual Report for year ending 1999. Darden Restaurants Inc. Consolidated Annual Report for year ending 2000. Brinker International Inc. Consolidated Annual Report for year ending 2000.