Financial ratios express relationships between financial statement items. Although they provide historical data, management can use ratios to identify internal strengths and weaknesses, and estimate ...

Analyzing a company's financial ratios is one way of examining a company's balance sheet and income statement. Financial ratios track a company's performance, liquidity, operational efficiency, and ...

In short, the combined ratio is the measure of the premiums an insurer earns -- i.e, the revenue it collects from policy holders -- relative to the total it pays out in claims, plus its expenses. The ...