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30 X V fx equity A B C D E F G H K M N O P Novartis 12/31/2017 Q $7,703 R $74,559 10.33% percentage of profit earned from the amount of assets employed. 5) Inventory turnover Pfizer 12/31/2018 $11,248 $7,532 1.49 CGS / Avge Invy Pfizer 12/31/2017 $11,228 $7,181 1.56 Inventory Turnover: It means how many days it takes for raw mateial to get Novartis 12/31/2018 $18,407 $6,912 2.66 converted into finished good to get sold. The less the ratio the quicker the Novartis 12/31/2017 $17,175 $6, 561 2.62 inventory gets produced and sold. 0 6) Debt-to-equity ratio Pfizer 12/31/2018 $95,664 $63,758 1.50 TL / TEQ Pfizer 12/31/2017 $100,141 $71,656 1.40 Debt-to Equity Ratio: This ratio tells the amount of debt and equity employed in the Novartis 12/31/2018 $66,871 $78,692 0.85 company. The capital structure is made of debt and equity, this ratio tells the Novartis 12/31/2017 $58,852 $74,227 0.79 proportion of each compnent of debt equity 5 $6 7) Market price Pfizer Novartis 37 12/31/2016 $32.48 $65.27 38 12/31/2017 $36.22 $75.23 39 12/31/2018 $43.65 $76.89 + 40 41 42 8) Earnings per share Pfizer Novartis 43 12/31/2016 $1.18 $2.82 44 12/31/2017 $3.57 $3.28 45 12/31/2018 $1.90 $5.44 46 47 Closing statements: 48 I learned that these companies are farely similar when it comes to their financial statements. I learned that some rations usually have lower numbers than others, I also learned that when it comes to some ratios, lower is better. 49 50 If I was to invest in one of these companies, I would invest in Pfizer because in almost every ratio they seem to