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Enter a company’s figures and see the formula, every step and what the result means. 23 ratios and 9 business formulas.
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Current ratio
2.00
- 200,000
- ÷100,000
- =2.00
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Start with a question
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Can the business pay its bills this year?
Profitability
How much of each sale becomes profit?
- Gross profit marginGross profit ÷ Revenue × 100
- Operating profit marginOperating income ÷ Revenue × 100
- Net profit marginNet income ÷ Revenue × 100
- EBITDA marginEBITDA ÷ Revenue × 100
Leverage
How much does it rely on debt?
Efficiency
How fast does cash move through it?
- Asset turnoverRevenue ÷ Average total assets
- Inventory turnoverCost of goods sold ÷ Average inventory
- Days sales outstandingAverage accounts receivable ÷ Net credit sales × Days in period
- Days payable outstandingAverage accounts payable ÷ Cost of goods sold × Days in period
Valuation
What is the market paying for it?
For business owners
What price, volume and profit do I need?
Compare
Ratios people mix up
- Current ratio vs quick ratioBoth ratios compare short-term assets with current liabilities.
- Debt-to-equity vs debt-to-assetsBoth ratios measure how much of a business is financed by liabilities.
- EBIT vs EBITDAEBIT is earnings before interest and taxes.
- Gross vs net profit marginGross profit margin shows the share of revenue left after the direct cost of what was sold.
Guides
Learn to read the numbers
- Asset turnover by industryThe median asset turnover and the range of the middle half of companies for each industry, measured from the financial statements that US-listed companies file with the SEC, with five years of history and a free CSV download.
- Average vs ending balances in ratiosRatios that set a full period of income against a balance sheet figure often use the average of the opening and closing balances.
- Current ratio by industryThe median current ratio and the range of the middle half of companies for each industry, measured from the balance sheets that US-listed companies file with the SEC, with five years of history and a free CSV download.
- Days sales outstanding by industryThe median days sales outstanding and the range of the middle half of companies for each industry, measured from the financial statements that US-listed companies file with the SEC, with five years of history and a free CSV download.
Free resources
For teachers, students and writers
- Financial statement analyzerEvery ratio from one balance sheet and income statement
- Company ratio lookupAny listed company’s ratios for five years, from its SEC filings
- Practice problemsFresh numbers, step-by-step checking and printable worksheets
- Excel and Google Sheets templatesEvery calculator, the analyzer and the scores, free to download
- Printable cheat sheetEvery formula on one page, grouped by question
- Embeddable calculatorsAdd any calculator to your own page or course notes
- Open formula datasetThe definitions as JSON and CSV, under CC BY 4.0
Why the numbers can be trusted
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Sources on every pageEach definition cites the accounting and finance references it follows.
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