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Finding Industry Financial Ratios

Financial ratios, such as earnings per share, are figured by comparing two different elements of a company's financial statement. Need to understand more about financial ratios?

See this Investopedia link for a financial ratio tutorial. 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.

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Finding Industry Financial Ratios using Library Databases

Access Nexis Uni (use your credentials to login)

Click on the Menu link in the upper left-hand corner of the database's home page and then on Company Dossier.
Enter the name of a company in the industry of interest in the "Company name" search box and click on the company's name on the results page. (For example, if you're interested in the airline industry, you could search for "Southwest Airlines")
On the company snapshot page, click on Industry Knowledge from the menu on the left-hand side of the page and then click on the link for Industry Overview.
On the industry overview page, click on the link for Ratio Components to see financial ratios for the top companies in the industry.

Financial Ratios eBooks

25 Need-To-Know Management Ratio by Warner, S., & Walsh, C.
ISBN: 9781292016429
Publication Date: 2015
Includes 10 handy do's and don'ts of using management ratios. Business ratios are the guiding stars for the management of enterprises; they provide their targets and standards. They are helpful to managers in directing them towards the most beneficial long-term strategies as well as towards effective short-term decision-making.
The Art of Company Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis by Nicolas Schmidlin
ISBN: 9781118843048
Publication Date: 2014-04-23
The book's unique approach is to illustrate each valuation method with a case study of actual company performance.with more than 100 real case studies included, supplementing the sound theoretical framework and offering potential investors a methodology that can easily be applied in practice.
The Fundamentals of Financial Statement Analysis As Applied to the Coca-Cola Company by Carl B. McGowan; John C. Gardner; Susan E. Moeller
ISBN: 9781631570957
Publication Date: 2015-06-01
This book provides a step-by-step demonstration of how to download data from Internet sources, transfer the data to a spreadsheet, and conduct a financial ratio analysis of any company. The book outlines the steps needed to perform a financial ratio analysis, the financial statements to be retrieved from EDGAR, and the five categories of financial ratios used in the financial analysis of the company. The data retrieved from the financial statements is copied to a worksheet and used to compute and graph the financial ratios. The ratios and graphs are used to determine the performance drivers of this company.
The Story Underlying the Numbers by S. Veena Iyer
ISBN: 9781947843776
Publication Date: 2018-06-04
This book uses a logical, top-down approach to unraveling the underlying story of the firm. It can be used by students and working executives who have a rudimentary prior idea of financial statements as well as familiarity with the very basic financial ratios. It is a myth that only executives in the finance function need to understand financial statements. Every decision within a firm has implications for the financial statements, and the need for such knowledge increases as one goes up the corporate ladder. The book is intended to be free flowing, with minimum jargon so as to be understood and appreciated especially by non-finance executives and students of business and management.

Industry Financial Ratios and Financial Statements
Provides sources for industry financial ratios, financial statements, and other financial benchmarking data and analysis for a wide range of industries with information noting which resources provides free access.