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Which group of individuals may use financial ratios to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or organization?

  • Managers within a firm, financial analysts, and bondholders
  • Financial analysts, managers within a firm, and current shareholders
  • Managers within a firm, current and potential shareholders, and a firm's creditors (correct)
  • Financial analysts, potential shareholders, and a firm's creditors

How can ratios be expressed?

  • As a whole number or as a fraction
  • As a decimal value or as an equivalent percentage value (correct)
  • As a fraction or as an exponent
  • As a percentage value or as a mixed number

What can one do with the reciprocal of a ratio?

  • One can take its reciprocal, and if the original ratio was above 1, the reciprocal will be below 1, and conversely (correct)
  • The reciprocal will always be greater than the original ratio
  • The reciprocal will always be a whole number
  • One can add the reciprocal to the original ratio to get a new ratio

Which ratios are usually quoted as percentages?

<p>Earnings yield (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the reciprocal of a financial ratio express?

<p>The same information, but may be more understandable (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Financial Ratios

  • Stakeholders, investors, creditors, and management may use financial ratios to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or organization.

Expressing Ratios

  • Ratios can be expressed as a decimal value, a fraction, or a percentage.

Reciprocal of a Ratio

  • One can invert a ratio by calculating its reciprocal, which is achieved by flipping the numerator and denominator.

Ratio Quotation

  • Some ratios, such as return on investment (ROI) and return on equity (ROE), are usually quoted as percentages.

Reciprocal of a Financial Ratio

  • The reciprocal of a financial ratio expresses the inverse of the original ratio, providing an alternative perspective on the financial data.

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