Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Food and Entertaining: [header] How to analyze an acquisition [title] Ask for audited financial statements. [step] The target should be willing to hand over audited financial statements for the past five years. If the company is publicly traded, it should file financial statements with the securities and exchange commission (sec).

Ending1: [substeps] Ask for annual audits of the previous year. Specifically, you should ask about estimated market statements of shares. Ending2: [substeps] You could also contact the above-mentioned accounting company and ask if they can record any audited financial statements. Your assets and dividends should also be audited. Ending3: [title] Review a company's financial documents. [step] Gather external data like financial report returns or accounts receivable over the course of a year. Ending4: They file 10-k statements each year and 10-q statements quarterly, which you can obtain online at the edgar website. [substeps] If the company is private, you still want their audited financial statements.

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