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Financial Ratios - Library Sources

Product	Location	Description
Almanac Of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios / Leo Troy	HF5681.R25A45 2005	Financial data based on IRS tax returns for 192 industries. Includes CD-ROM in Acrobat format.
Annual Statement Studies / Robert Morris Associates.	HF5681.B2R56 2011/2012	Financial data derived from the statements of commercial bank borrowers and prospects. Approximately 600 SIC's are covered. Data are organized by the size of the company. View a sample page with Adobe Acrobat.
Bloomberg Professional Service [online]	Business Library Database Ask Reference staff for assistance	Provides Financial Analysis Ratios for publicly traded companies on all international exchanges. The Relative Value function tables company ratios against competitors including an industry average.
Business Expense Survey	Report available from US Census	Provides data on operating expenses for companies in a wide range of industries.
Bond Ratings & Commercial Paper Ratings / Dominion Bond Rating Service	HG5151.D653	DBRS rates over 500 corporate and government issuers of commercial paper and long term debt. DBRS also rates numerous foreign companies that have accessed Canadian capital markets. As well as providing company fundamentals and ratios they also produce industry studies with aggregate industry numbers.
Dun & Bradstreet Industry Norms & Ratio	Full description and location/access information here.	Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Ratios database provides financial information and ratios for industries in Canada. The data are based on the compilation and analysis of more than 55,000 public and private companies from approximately 800 different lines of business.
Factiva	WWW access (Internet Explorer only)	Use Company Quick Search function to view ratios. Industry averages are also available. sample
Financial and Taxation Statistics for Enterprises / Statistics Canada	Internet Access - HA748.9.A2 61-C219	Contains balance sheet and income statements as well as ratios for Canadian companies, grouped by industry. Internet access up to 2003 through the catalogue.
Financial Performance Indicators / Statistics Canada	The most recent edition (2003 data) is available electronically through Equinox Data Delivery System	Contains information on the financial performance and balance sheets of Canadian businesses. These indicators were developed using the income tax returns of about 1,000,000 corporations, along with data from Statistics Canada's quarterly and annual programs of financial statistics for enterprises.
The Financial Post Investment Reports. Company reports.	HG4503.F4722 or internet access	Extensive financial data, news and recommendations from over 500 Canadian companies. Our library retains an archive of 25,000 cards dating back as far as the 1940's. Reports from 2001 forward are archived on CD. Current reports are online.
The Financial Post Investment Reports. Industry Reports.	HG4503.F4722	Industry data summarized from 23 sectors. Updated monthly.
Investment Reporter / Canadian Business Service	HG4501.C3452 Old reports are shelved with the bound journals.	Financial information, news and outlook for approximately 250 Canadian companies. Arranged by sector. Companies are updated every four months.
IRS Corporate Financial Ratios	HF5681.R25I78 2005	This comprehensive annual reference features 76 key financial ratios calculated from the latest income statement and balance sheet data available from Internal Revenue Service corporate tax returns.One page per NAICS industry (over 250 in all) shows ratios for profitable firms versus firms with losses in up to four asset size classes. The extensive introduction fully describes each ratio, including how to calculate and interpret each financial ratio.
Mergent's Industry Review / Moody's Investors Service	HG4961.M685 see also: Mergent Online	Provides financial information on approximately 3500 companies, organized into 137 industry groups. Companies are also ranked against their competitors, within each financial ratio.
Industry Canada SME Benchmarking tool	WWW - Internet	Benchmarking ratios for SMEs compiled from Revenue Canada tax returns.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys.	WWW - Access Issues dating back to 1970 are also available in our periodical collection.	Comprehensive coverage of 52 major U.S. industries. The Comparative Company Analysis section tables ratios from the major players in each sector.

The Value Line Investment Survey	Reserve HG4501.V26 [ask for at desk]	www.valueline.com [ UWO access only / get password here] Financials, news and forecasts for over 1700 companies and 90 industries. Sample Page: Canadian Pacific