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Financial Ratios

Financial ratios are a common means of determining a company's performance and strength by comparing that company's ratios with those of the industry overall. The following resources provide financial ratios for industries. Each of these titles will cover different industries, include different companies in those industries, provide different data and ratios, and present the results differently. Use all resources to determine which ones best meet your needs.

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Ratios available under "Company Financials" tab
Includes access to:
International Inactive Data
Expanded Long Term Debt
US Earnings Estimates
International Earnings Estimates
Institutional Holdings
Insider Holdings
US Equity Pricing
International Equity Pricing
Unadjusted Pricing
North American Annual Reports
International Annual Reports
Equity Reports
Equity Reports Integrated Search
Economic Time Series
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Key Business Ratios (KBR) provides immediate online access to competitive benchmarking data. This powerful tool lets researchers examine industry benchmarks compiled from D&B®’s database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios for public and private companies in 800 lines of business. Users can choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios. To supplement, historical access to content from the print editions of Dun & Bradstreet’s Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios, dating back to 1979, is available through a different library database-- Mergent Archives. Terms of Use
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For access to historical content from the print editions of Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios dating back to 1979 use the Mergent Archives portal. Also included are Hoover's Archive and CRB Commodity Yearbook.

RMA Annual Statement Studies by Robert Morris Associates
Call Number: HF5686.C7 R65x
*Current year in Reserve
Provides for each of 350 lines of business a common-size balance sheet and income statement based on the size of the business within its industry. Gives sixteen financial ratios for each line of business. The ratios are presented first by the size of the business and then by quartiles within that size.
Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial Ratios by Leo Troy
Call Number: HF5681.R25 T68
Industry norms and key business ratios, one year. by Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services
Call Number: HD2771 .D86c
Considers over 800 lines of business. Provides for each a common-size balance sheet and income statement, and typical financial statement figures. Also contains for each line of business fourteen key business ratios displayed in quartiles.

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data

BizStats

Free industry statistics and financial ratios

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