Financial ratios can be used to compare how a company is performing when compared with specific companies in the same industry, or compared to the industry as a whole.
Source: Strauss's Handbook of Business Information, third edition, by Rita W. Moss and David G. Ernsthausen
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.
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Under Key Statistics, find financial ratios for nearly all of IBISWorld's core industries. Includes data for the past three years and the current year disaggregated by size of business. Historical figures available back to 2007. IBISWorld’s Financial Ratios are sourced directly from the financial statements of the Risk Management Association’s (RMA) member institutions and are presented in common size format, with each item a percentage of total assets.
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The Compare Companies section in Company Dossier includes ratios. Enter up to 5 company names or ticker symbols for companies within the same industry.
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S&P NetAdvantage includes a broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including Industry Surveys, and Equity Research (formerly Stock Reports). Industry data sets include key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, financial metrics, etc. by sub-industry or geography (see Markets tab). Archived Industry Surveys included as far back as 1999 depending upon title continuity. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
