ACCO 240 Lecture Notes - Corporate Finance, Reserve Requirement, Inventory Turnover

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A ratio is an accounting item expressed in terms of another accounting item; e. g net profit margin expresses the net profit as a percentage of sales. Ratios are often used in accounting, and there are many standard ratios used to try to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or other organization. Financial ratios may be used by managers within a firm, by current and potential shareholders (owners) of a firm, and by a firm"s creditors. Security analysts use financial ratios to compare the strengths and weaknesses in various companies. If shares in a company are traded in a financial market, the market price of the shares is used in certain financial ratios. The business must be profitable if it is to survive in the long term i. e. for the foreseeable future. Profitability is the result of many managerial policies and decisions. Profitability ratios measure the efficiency of the business in generating profits: return on total assets (rota):

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