| To test | Name of Ratio | Formula | 
| Liquidity and Solvency | i) Current Ratio | Current Assets /Current Liabilities | 
| ii) Liquid/Quick/ Acid Test Ratio | Current assets - Stock - Prepaid Expenses/Current Liabilities –Bank Overdraft –Prereceived Income | 
| iii) Absolute Liquid Ratio | Cash + Marketable securities/Current Liabilities | 
| iv) Proprietary Ratio | Proprietor’s Fund/Total Assets [Proprietor’s funds = Equity Capital + Preference Capital + Reserves and Surplus + Accumulated funds - Debit balances of P & L A/c and Miscellaneous Expenses] | 
| Capitalisation | i) Debt Equity Ratio | Long term Debt/Equity [Debt = Loans, debentures etc. Equity = Proprietor’s funds] | 
| ii) Capital Gearing Ratio | Fixed cost funds/Funds not carrying fixed cost [Fixed cost funds = Preference share capital, Debentures, Loans from  banks, financial institutions, other unsecured loans]. [Funds not carrying fixed cost = Equity share capital + undistributed profit - P & L A/c (Dr. Bal.) - Misc. expenses]. | 
| Profitability and management efficiency | i) Gross Profit Ratio | (Gross Profit/Net Sales) x 100
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| ii) Net Profit Ratio | (Net Profit/Net Sales) x 100[Net profit may be either Operating Net profit, Profit before tax or Profit after tax].
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| iii) Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) (ROI) | (Net profit/Capital employed) x 100 [Capital employed = Fixed Assets + Current Assets - Current Liabilities]. | 
| Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) (ROI) Du Pont Analysis | Profit Margin x Total Assets Turnover ratio | 
| iv) Return on Proprietors fund/Net Worth (RONW) | Profit after tax/Proprietor’s funds | 
| v) Return on Equity (ROE) | (Profit after tax less pref. Dividend / Equity Share Capital)x100 | 
| Return on Equity (ROE) Du Pont Analysis | Profit Margin x Total Asset Turnover x Financial Leverage | 
| vi) Earnings per share [EPS] | Profit after tax less pref. Dividend/ Total  No. of Equity Shares | 
| vii) Dividend per share [DPS] | Total Dividend paid to equity shareholders/Number of equity shares
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| Management efficiency | i) Stock Turnover | Cost of goods sold/Average Stock | 
| ii) Debtor’s Turnover Rate | Credit sales/ Avg. Debtors + Bills receivable | 
| iii) Debtors Collection Period | (Debtors + Bills receivable/Net Credit sales)x 365 | 
| iv) Creditor’s Turnover Rate | Credit purchases/Average Creditors+ Bills Payable | 
| iv) Creditor’s Payment Period | (Creditors + Bills payable / Credit purchases) x 365 | 
| vi)  Operating Ratio | (Operating Costs/Net sales) x 100 [Operating Cost = Cost of goods sold + Operating expenses (viz. Administrative, selling & finance expenses)] | 
| Number of times preference dividends covered by net profit | Preference shareholders’ coverage ratio | Net profit after tax/Preference Dividend | 
| Number of times equity dividends covered by net profit | Equity shareholder’s coverage ratio | Net profit after interest- Pref. Dividend/Equity Dividend | 
| Number of times fixed interest covered by net profit | Interest coverage  ratio | Net profit before Interest & Tax (PBIT)/Fixed interest charges | 
| Relationship between net profit and total fixed charges | Total coverage ratio | Net profit before Interest & Tax)(PBIT)/Total fixed charges | 
| The idle capacity in the Organisation | Fixed expenses to total cost ratio | Fixed expenses/Total cost | 
| Material consumption to sales | Material consumption to sales ratio | Material consumption/Sales | 
| Wages to sales | Wages to sales ratio | Wages/Sales | 
| The future market price of a share | Price Earnings ratio | Market price of a share (MPS)/Earnings per share (EPS) |