& Use Appendix B Nestle's 2016 financial information to answer the folowing questions (1) Compute the following financial ratios for 2016 (1) Gross profit (margin) rate: (format 00.00%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage) (2) Operating profit margin (format: 00.00%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage.) (3) Operating cycle (format xx xx days) (4) ROE (format: xx%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage.) (5) Payout ratio (format xxx%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage.) (6) Free cash flow : (format 00000) (II) Answer the following questions about 2016 (7) How much the R&D expense is? (8) How much the income before interest and income taxes is? (please use financial expense as the interest expense) (9) How much the dividends paid for non-controlling interests? (10) How much the change of Treasury shares? (11) How much the Reduction in share capital from Treasury Shares is? (12) How much the Provisions is? (13) How much is the cash received from dividends and interest from associates? (14) How much is the cash paid for tax? (15) How much cash generated from operations? Fill In Blanks (27 Points) (Please fill in the answers in the order of the questions) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) & Use Appendix B Nestle's 2016 financial information to answer the folowing questions (1) Compute the following financial ratios for 2016 (1) Gross profit (margin) rate: (format 00.00%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage) (2) Operating profit margin (format: 00.00%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage.) (3) Operating cycle (format xx xx days) (4) ROE (format: xx%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage.) (5) Payout ratio (format xxx%, round to the four decimal places, and then make it into a percentage.) (6) Free cash flow : (format 00000) (II) Answer the following questions about 2016 (7) How much the R&D expense is? (8) How much the income before interest and income taxes is? (please use financial expense as the interest expense) (9) How much the dividends paid for non-controlling interests? (10) How much the change of Treasury shares? (11) How much the Reduction in share capital from Treasury Shares is? (12) How much the Provisions is? (13) How much is the cash received from dividends and interest from associates? (14) How much is the cash paid for tax? (15) How much cash generated from operations? Fill In Blanks (27 Points) (Please fill in the answers in the order of the questions) (1) (2) (3) (4)
