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Business Ratios

Dun & Bradstreet. Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Annual. 1980-
Location: REF HF 5681.R25D852
In addition to ratios, this provides "common size" and "typical" financial statements. The former presents the financial statement items as a percentage of the total assets or liabilities and equity for the average firm in a given industry (e.g. cash may be 3.8% of the total assets of the average company). The "typical" financial statements translate the percentage to dollar amount by multiplying by the median total assets or liabilities and equity for each indu
Robert Morris Associates. RMA Annual Statement Studies Annual. 1964, 1970-
Location: Ref HF 5681.B2R6 (Earlier in stacks). Also at Virginia Campus Library 1991, 1994 -
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. Annual. 1971, 1979, 1981/1982 - 1984, 1987 -
Location: REF HF 5681.R25 T68 (Earlier in stacks)
Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing, Mining and Trade Corporations Quarterly, 1996- present
Location: Earlier editions in PERIODICALS 1977-1985, 3rd Quarter 1990 - 2nd Quarter 1993 (Also on Government Documents microfiche C 3.267 for 1987 - 1990 3rd Quarter, 1993 4th Quarter - 1st Quarter 1998, 3rd Quarter 1998 - 3rd Quarter 1999, 2000 - 3rd Quarter 2001)
A publication of the Bureau of the Census.
Analyst's Handbook. Annual with monthly supplements. 1986-
Location: REF HG4905.A66 (Earlier in stacks)
A number of ratios are given for the Standard & Poor's industry groups that comprise the Standard & Poor's 500. They are contained in the section entitled "Income Account & Balance Sheet Data for Industrial Groups."