Using either Alcoas most current Form 10-K or the companys annual report, answer the questions below. To

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Using either Alcoa’s most current Form 10-K or the company’s annual report, answer the questions below. To obtain the Form 10-K you can use either the EDGAR system following the instructions in Appendix A, or 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 Ford Motor Company. If Ford has a higher/lower margin, does that mean that Ford is a better managed company?

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