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Financial Ratios
  • Guide to Financial Ratios
Corporate Finance & Accounting Financial Ratios

Financial Ratios

Financial ratios are powerful tools to help summarize financial statements and the health of a company or enterprise. Learn the most useful financial ratios here.

Financial Ratios
  • Guide to Financial Ratios
conceptual illustration of mathematical formulas
Calculating Required Rate of Return (RRR)
What is the required rate of return? And why is it important for investors and corporations?
  • Solvency Ratios vs. Liquidity Ratios Explained
  • Midsection Businessmen Analyzing Charts on Laptop in Office
    What Is a Good Price-to-Book Ratio?
  • How to Calculate the Dividend Payout Ratio
  • Businessman working with business document
    How to Calculate Return on Assets (ROA) With Examples
  • Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Formula
  • Assets & liabilities
    What Is the Current Ratio Formula & Calculation?
  • Business Woman Thinking Account
    Acid-Test Ratio Definition
  • Asset Turnover Ratio Definition
  • Cash Ratio Definition
  • Investing
    Current Ratio Definition
  • Debt-to-Equity (D/E) Ratio Definition
  • Balancing the ledger
    Debt-To-Capital Ratio Definition
  • Debt Ratio Definition
  • Equity Multiplier Definition
  • Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio Definition
  • Gross Profit Margin Definition, Formula, & Equation
  • Midsection of Businessman Using Calculator and Laptop at Desk
    Liquidity Ratio Definition
  • Businessperson makes calculations on a white board
    Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio Definition
  • Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio Definition
  • Profitability Ratios Definition
  • Quick Ratio Definition
  • Ratio Analysis Definition
  • Return on Equity (ROE) Definition
  • Return on Assets (ROA) Definition
  • businessperson analyzing business charts on a clipboard
    Solvency Ratio Definition
  • Total-Debt-to-Total-Assets Ratio Definition
  • CAPE Ratio Definition
  • Business People Discussing In Office
    Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Definition
  • Calculator and Charts
    Understanding the Sharpe Ratio
  • Book vs. Market Value: Key Differences & Formula
  • ROI vs. IRR: What's the Difference in Calculation?
  • Google's stock price appears on the NASDAQ Marketsite
    What's Considered a Good PEG Ratio?
  • Business finance
    EBIT vs. EBITDA: What's the Difference?
  • Net Present Value
    How to Calculate Net Present Value (NPV) and Formula
  • What Is a Good Expense Ratio? The Highs & Lows
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    Free Cash Flow (FCF) Formula & Calculation
  • How Do I Calculate the Degree of Operating Leverage?
  • Earnings Per Share (EPS) vs. Diluted EPS: What’s the Difference?
  • the hands of two people going over numbers on a paper with a calculator
    How Do the Current Ratio and Quick Ratio Differ?
  • How Do You Calculate Shareholders' Equity?
  • Midsection of Businessman Using Calculator and Laptop at Desk
    Beta Formula: How to Calculate the Beta of a Stock
  • Formula for Calculating Earnings per Share (EPS)
  • Mixed race entrepreneur taking inventory in yarn store
    How to Calculate the Inventory Turnover Ratio
  • Cropped section of businessperson's hands using a tablet showing financial data
    How to Calculate Return on Equity (ROE Formula)
  • Understanding Levered vs. Unlevered Free Cash Flow
  • Using the Price-to-Earnings Ratio and PEG to Assess a Stock
  • Value
    Using the Price-To-Book (P/B) Ratio to Evaluate Companies
  • Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR) Definition
  • Beta Definition: Meaning, Formula, & Calculation
  • Accounting
    Book-to-Market Ratio Definition
  • Stocks and shares
    Book Value Per Share (BVPS) Definition
  • Share price data from investors portfolio on a laptop computer screen
    Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
  • Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Definition
  • Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) Definition
  • Dividend Payout Ratio Definition
  • Bank vault
    Debt-Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) Definition
  • DuPont Analysis Definition, Formula, & Equation
  • Earnings Per Share (EPS) Definition
  • Enterprise Value (EV) Definition
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    The Definition of Expense Ratio
  • Goodwill Definition
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    Gross Margin Definition
  • Woman's Hands Counts on the Calculator
    Interest Coverage Ratio Definition
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