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Financial Ratio Analysis & Company Health
Liquidity, leverage, profitability, and efficiency ratios convert accounting lines into comparable, time-series signals.
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Onur Erkan YıldızFounder, Financial Engineer · CMB-licensed
Higher education in Financial Engineering and Money & Capital Markets. SPK (Turkey CMB) licence. 16 years across institutional markets, research, and quant-driven analytics.
Overview
Work in clusters: liquidity (current, quick), leverage (D/E, interest coverage), profitability (margins, ROE, ROIC), efficiency (turnover, days). Triangulate with peers and history.Practical takeaway
Trend beats snapshot: track ROIC vs WACC and cash conversion across cycles. Watch for earnings quality red flags (rising receivables vs revenue).How this connects to Finvestopia
Our macro entries explain aggregate drivers for margins and funding costs — useful when translating top-down stress to single-stock ratios.Related entries
Reading Financial Statements: Balance Sheet & Income Statement
Balance sheet: snapshot of resources and obligations. Income statement: economic performance across a reporting period.
DuPont Analysis for Profitability Diagnosis
Decomposes ROE into net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier — pinpoints whether ROE is quality-driven or leveraged.
Educational content authored by our team — informational only, not investment advice.