Business: Ratios

For finding company, industry, and business information

Madison Public Library Resource

valueline logoValue Line Investment Survey (it is located on this page under "Business Research Tools")

Available through Madison Public Library. You must use your Madison Public Library card number to access the database. To access industry ratios click 'lookup industry' on the left and click the pdf next to your industry. You can use 'company lookup' to find company ratios as well.

Financial Ratios

Library Databases

Business Insights: Essentials has company financial information, primarily for publicly traded companies. Search for your company. Then click on the 'Financials' link. Then click on the 'Ratios' tab to view ratios. You can choose to compare that company to major competitors or to other specific companies.

Web Resources

reuters logoReuters To find company or sector ratios, type in a company name or ticker symbol, click on the correct ticker symbol, and click on the financials tab. You can find P/E ratio, P/E high (last 5 years), P/E Low (last 5 years), Price to Sales, Price to Book, Price to Cash Flow, Dividend Yield, Payout ratio, Quick Ratio, Current Ratio, EBITC.

msn money logoMSN MSN also offers company ratios. It allows you to compare company to industry and S&P 500 ratios. To find these ratios, type in a company name or ticker symbol next to 'get quote', click on 'key ratios' on the left side of the screen.

 

Yahoo! finance logoYahoo! Finance Provides around 100 industry ratios.