Financial Ratios Primer

In finance, a financial ratio is a ratio of selected values on a enterprise’s financial statements.

There are many standard ratios used to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or other organization, which any good financial modeler should be aware of when conducting a financial modeling exercise.

Financial ratios are used by managers within a firm, by current and potential stockholders (owners) of a firm, and by a firm’s creditors.

Security analysts use financial ratios to compare the strengths and weaknesses in various companies.

This video provides a primer into the 3 main classes of financial ratios, namely liquidity ratios, solvency ratios and profitability ratios.

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