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Financial ratio
The result of dividing one financial statement item by another. Ratios help analysts interpret financial statements by focusing on specific relationships.
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Financial Ratio
The division of one piece of financial information by another. Financial ratios are very common in fundamental analysis, which investigates the financial health of companies. An example of a financial ratio is the price-earnings ratio, which divides a publicly-traded company's share price by its earnings per share. This helps analysts determine whether a company's share price properly reflects its performance.
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financial ratio
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financial ratio
see ACCOUNTING RATIO.Collins Dictionary of Business, 3rd ed. © 2002, 2005 C Pass, B Lowes, A Pendleton, L Chadwick, D O’Reilly and M Afferson