Financial ratios show the mathematical relationship between two numbers related to a company's performance. Once a ratio has been calculated according to the relevant formula, the ratio can be used to help determine how well a particular company is doing in comparison to its competitors and/or in comparison to its own past performance.
Here's how to find company ratios in various UMGC Library databases:
The UMGC Library contains many resources that can be used to find more information about what financial ratios are, how they're calculated, what they can be used for, etc. A sampling of these resources is given below: