Business Tutorial: Ratios

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Sources for learning about ratios

The sources listed below give definitions or explain how ratios are calculated and how they can be used to analyze the financial health of a business or industry. For a listed book, click the title below to view its catalog entry.

For books with industry ratios (hard data), see Part 3 of this tutorial.

RMA Annual Statement Studies's online Definitions of Ratios (PDF) - download a PDF containing definitions of all the business ratios included in its Annual Statement Studies.

Mergent Online ratio definitions [About]
A short list of business ratios and how they are calculated

book101 Business Ratios: A Manager's Handbook of Definitions, Equations, and Computer Algorithms / by Sheldon Gates
Location: Reference Collection - Reference Desk - Call No. X HF 5657.4  .G38

bookHow to Use Management Ratios
by C.A. Westwick
Location: Circulating Collection - Call No. HF 5681.R25 W47

bookRatio Analysis for Small Business
by Richard Sanzo
Location: Circulating Collection - Call No. HF 5681.R25 S23 1977

bookBusiness Ratios and Formulas: A Comprehensive Guide
by Steven M. Bragg
Location: Reference Collection - Reference Desk - Call No. X HF 5691 .B73

book R3=Ratios, Ratings & Reference
Anne L. Buchanan, ed.
Location: Reference Collection - Reference Desk - Call No. X HG4026 .R25

 

 

 

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