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Thomson One; Chapter 8
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Thomson ONE solutions
Chapter 8
THOMSON ONE
1. This Thomson ONE exercise, using Merck & Company, provides for comments
2. This Thomson ONE exercise, using Anheuser Busch and Molson Coors Brewing
Ratios.
3. This Thomson ONE exercise, using Apple Computer, Dell Computer and
Hewlett-Packard, provides for comments on several profitability ratios for the
SEC Ratios.
Chapter 8
I. Enter MRK in “Companies” (Merck & Company, Inc.). Click “Go”. Review the
business description, industry, and sector. Click “Financials”. Under “Financial
Ratios”, click “Thomson Ratios”. Click “Annual Ratios”.
Required
Comment on the 5-year trends in the following profitability ratios:
1. Return on assets
Note: Trends will be different because students will be working with more recent data.
Merck & Company, Inc.
Required
a. For Anheuser-Busch, comment on the trend in the profitability ratios.
b. For Molson Coors Brewing Company, comment on the trend in the profitability
ratios.
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c. Compare the Anheuser-Busch profitability ratios with Molson Coors Brewing
Company profitability ratios.
Note: Trends will be different because students will be working with more recent data.
for Merck & Company, Inc.
Required
a. For Apple Computer, comment on the trend in the profitability ratios.
b. For Dell Computer, comment on the trend in the profitability ratios.
Note: Trends will be different because students will be working with more recent data.
Note: Trends will be different because students will be working with more recent data.
d. Compare the profitability ratios for these three firms.
