Steps involved in ratio analysis
The following are the four steps involved in the ratio analysis:
1) selection of relevant data from the financial statement depending upon the objective of the analysis
2) calculation of appropriate ratios from the above data
3) Comparison of the calculation ratio with the ratios of the same firm in the past or the ratios developed from projected financial statement or the ratios of some other firms or the comparison with ratio of the industry to which the firm belongs.
4) Interpretation of the ratios.