Nestlé. A Corporate Financial Analysis of a Multi Million Dollar Company (PDF)

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences Berlin (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin), course: International Financial Management, language: English, abstract: This is a corporate financial analysis of Nestlé. Throughout various application tests, quantitative as well as qualitative, investigations on Nestlé's financial performance will be applied. Detailed information regarding the structure can be extracted from the table of contents. As of 2018, Nestlé is present in 189 countries, operates 413 factories in 85 counties and employs around 323.000 employees. The company is operating through the following operating segments: Zone Americas, Zone Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Zone Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa, Nestle Waters, Nestle Nutrition and other businesses. For the year 2017, ending on 31 December 2017, the Nestles total sales were stated CHF 89.8 billion. Nestlé shares are enlisted on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Switzerland. At 31 December 2017, the market capitalization was CHF 25,223,000,000.

The 1866 founded transnational Swiss company Nestlé S.A. operates as a nutrition, health and wellness company, headquartered in Vevey, Vaus, Switzerland. By providing over 2000 brands Nestlé is considered the world's largest food and beverage company measured by revenues and further metrics.