What are the advantages of Ratio Analysis?
Advantages of ratio analysis are:
- Shareholders and prospective investors will analyse ratios for making decisions regarding investment and disinvestment.
- The credit rating agencies will analyse the ratios of a firm to give the credit rating to the firm.
- Government agencies will analyse the ratios of a firm for review of its performance.
- Bankers who provide working capital will analyse ratios for appraising the creditworthiness of the firm.
- Financial institutions that provide long-term debt will analyse ratios for project appraisal and debt servicing capacity of the firm.
- Financial analysts will analyse ratios for making comparisons and recommending to the investing public.