Ratio AnalysisThe ratios that summarise a set of accounts.Accounting & FinanceThe four families.FamilyRatioShowsProfitabilityGross and net marginPricing and cost controlLiquidityCurrent, quick ratioAbility to pay soonEfficiencyInventory days, receivable daysHow hard assets workGearingDebt ÷ equityFinancial riskReturnROCE, ROEReturn on capital usedA ratio in isolation says nothing. A current ratio of 2 is healthy in retailand alarming in a bank.Ratio Analysislearnposters.com
Ratio Analysis — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Ratio Analysis poster

A 5-row table: Family · Ratio · Shows.

The four families.

A ratio in isolation says nothing. A current ratio of 2 is healthy in retail and alarming in a bank.

Questions about the Ratio Analysis poster

What’s on the Ratio Analysis poster?
A 5-row table: Family · Ratio · Shows. The four families. Profitability — Gross and net margin — Pricing and cost control; Liquidity — Current, quick ratio — Ability to pay soon; Efficiency — Inventory days, receivable days — How hard assets work; Gearing — Debt ÷ equity — Financial risk; Return — ROCE, ROE — Return on capital used. A ratio in isolation says nothing. A current ratio of 2 is healthy in retail and alarming in a bank.
Who is the Ratio Analysis poster for?
Ratio Analysis belongs to the Accounting & Finance section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning financial accounting can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Ratio Analysis poster?
Ratios only mean something against a benchmark: prior years, or peers. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Ratio Analysis belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Ratio Analysis?
IFRS & GAAP, Accruals & Matching and Reading a Balance Sheet sit alongside Ratio Analysis in the Accounting & Finance section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.IFRS & GAAPAccruals & MatchingReading a Balance Sheet
Is the Ratio Analysis poster free to download and print?
Yes. Ratio Analysis downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Accounting & Finance section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Ratio Analysis poster print at?
Ratio Analysis is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Ratio Analysis loses nothing.Printing guide

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