Thomson One; Chapter 1
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Thomson ONE solutions
Gibson, Financial Reporting & Analysis: Using Financial Accounting Information,
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Chapter 1
THOMSON ONE
This chapter’s Thomson ONE exercise introduces the Merck & Company in
terms of business description, industry, sector, analyst rating, and peer data.
A major advantage of Thomson ONE is that it is constantly updated. This
represents a disadvantage when it comes to the solution manual. In this
the news headlines will change.
Chapter 1
I. Enter MRK in “Companies” (Merck & Company, Inc.). Click “Go”.
Required
a. Briefly summarize the business description.
company.
b. What is the industry?
Pharmaceuticals
c. What is the sector?
Health Care
d. Analyst rating. In your opinion, is this rating relatively high? Click “News
& Events”.
reviews the case)
e. Review and comment on the three most recent news headlines. Click
“Comparables”.
(Note: The two most recent news headlines will frequently
change.)
f. For the comparable companies:
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List the companies.
Abott Laboratories
Astrazeneca
Bayer AG
Eli Lilly & Company
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
Johnson & Johnson
current sales.
(Note: This will change over time.)
For current sales, select the peer weight for Merck & Company, Inc.
(Note: This will change over time.) At the time of working
the solution, it was 9.08%.
For current sales, select the peer aggregate.
the solution, it was $505,515.58 (in millions)
For current sales, determine the peer mean.
(Note: This will change over time.) At the time of working
the solution, it was $45,955.96 (in millions)
For current sales, determine the peer median.
(Note: This will change over time.) At the time of working
the solution, it was $45,913.96 (in millions)
relation to the peer set.
(Note: This will change over time.) Based on the data at
the time of working the solution, it was not dominant.