Financial Ratios

Financial Ratios
Computing Financial Ratios of Public Companies Here is an opportunity to analyze the finances of one of your favorite companies. Go to http://www. hoovers.com and search for your favorite brand of clothing or car or another interesting company. Use the most current financial information given in Hoover’s, including the section on additional financial information. Compute as many of the financial ratios presented in this chapter as you can with the information available. Based on your analyses, what is your opinion of the financial health of the company that you researched? What recommendations can you make to management?

Financial Ratios