Financial Ratios: Uses and Limitations

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Financial Ratio Uses

  • Valuing a company’s stock.
  • Determining a company’s systemic risk (beta risk) exposure.
  • Creating a company’s credit rating.
  • Predict a company’s likelihood of financial distress (i.e. bankruptcy).
  • Preparing pro forma financial statements that provide estimates of financial statements for future periods.

Financial Ratio Analysis Limitations

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