Research Assignment Analyzing Alcoa’s profit margins
Using either Alcoa’s most current Form 10-K or the company’s annual report, answer the ques- j tions below. To obtain the Form 10-K you can use either use the EDGAR system following the instructions in Appendix A, or it can be found on the company’s website. The company’s annual report is available on its website.
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a. What was Alcoa’s gross margin percentage for the most current year?
b. What was Alcoa’s gross margin percentage for the previous year? Has it changed significantly?
c. What was Alcoa’s return on sales percentage for the most current year?
d. What percentage of Alcoa’s total sales for the most current year was from operations in the United States?
e. Comment on the appropriateness of comparing Alcoa’s gross margin with that of Microsoft. If Microsoft has a higher/lower margin, does that mean that Microsoft is a better managed company?
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