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Assets： Sales： Total Assets divided by Net Sales， indicating whethera company is handling too high a volume of sales in relation to investment.Very low percentages relative to industry norms might indicate overlyconservative sales efforts or poor sales management. eeX)JC0A
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Fixed Assets： Net Worth： Fixed Assets divided by Net Worth. High ratios relative to theindustry can indicate low working capital or high levels of debt. Cv=0&S.
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Net Profit： Sales： After tax profits divided by Annual Sales. This is the key profitratio，indicating how much is put in the company's pocket for each$100 of sales. RcE%?2l D
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Quick Ratio： Cash plus Accounts Receivable， divided by CurrentLiabilities， indicating liquid assets available to cover current debt. Alsoknown as the Acid Ratio. This is a harsher version of the Current Ratio， whichbalances short-term liabilities against cash and liquid instruments. 1GNA x\(
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Return on Assets： Net After Tax Profit divided by Total Assets， a criticalindicator of profitability. Companies which use their assets efficiently willtend to show a ratio higher than the industry norm. BxG;vS3>*e
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Sales： Net Working Capital： Sales divided by Net Working Capital （current assets minuscurrent liabilities）。 Ratios higher than industry norms may indicate a strain on availableliquid assets， while low ratios may suggest too much liquidity. _96 &P7
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Total Liabilities： Net Worth： Total liabilities divided by Net Worth. This ratio helps to clarifythe impact of long-term debt， which can be seen by comparing this ratio with Current Liabilities： Net Worth.Creditors are concerned to the extent that total liability levels exceed NetWorth. The impact of long-term debt ~+g5?y
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Turnover Ratios： Sales divided by various line items （cash， accountsreceivable， accounts payable， inventory， current assets， total assets， fixed assets）。 These turnover rations measure operating characteristics of firms.Higher is better for Asset line items. Lower is better for Accounts PayableTurnover. Turnover ratios create a series of operating efficiency indicatorsrelative to sales.
