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Ratio analysis provides another set of patterns to evaluate before deciding to buy or sell a company's stock. Ratios reveal more than just the past performance; ratios reveal how effectively the company converts product sales into shareholder returns. Ratios provide a gauge for comparison across time and across the industry (competitors), while removing the impact of size differences. Would you rather invest in Company A, with $1.0 million in earnings, or Company B, with $10.0 million in earnings? It's hard to say. However, if Company A earns a ROA of 25%, while Company B earns a ROA of 2%, the decision becomes clear.
Liquidity ratios provide clues to how effectively the company manages its cash collection cycle. Asset turnover ratios reveal how efficiently the company uses its assets to generate profits. Debt management ratios reveal how leveraged a company is, which provides an indication of future risk. Taken together, a company's ratios and its ratios compared to the industry competitors provide important insight to the investment strength of the company's stock. In this assignment, you will review the trend in your chosen company's financial ratios over the past 3 years and compare your chosen company's ratios to the average ratios from top competitors in the industry.
Question 1: Create a table that lists each ratio as either a strength or a weakness in the most current year, based on its trend and your interpretation.
Question 2: Determine the overall financial strength of the company based on the ratios identified as either strengths or weaknesses.
Question 3: Consider all of the ratios discussed so far. Is the company's strength the fact that the debt management ratios are improving? Or is it that the liquidity ratios are increasing? Is the company's weakness that the turnover ratios are declining? Or is the company's weakness that debt management ratios are weakening?
Question 4: Categorize the company's overall ratio performance as either strong, neutral, or weak, based on your determination from the ratios.
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