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FINANCE III – PART FOUR - FINANCIAL RATIOS

EXERCISE

You should calculate the following financial ratios for Colruyt N.V. (a) for the year ended March 31, 2019, and (b) as of March 31, 2019 (see the attached financial statements).

(1)The ratios specified in the second attachment (which is from pages 156 and 157 of “Fundamentals of Financial Management” - the textbook for Finance I and Finance II).

Important remark: in these ratios, “debt” means “total borrowings”.

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(2) The following additional ratios:

Total equity to total assets ratio.

Trade payables in days.

Gross profit margin.

Jean Bellemans

Attachments: mentioned.