Identify the ratio(s) that should be used to help answer each of these questions.
(a) How efficient is the company in using its assets to produce sales?
(b) How near to sale is the inventory on hand?
(c) How profitable was the company relative to the amount invested by shareholders?
(d) How able is the company to pay interest charges as they come due?
(e) How able is the company to repay a short-term loan?
(f) How much of a company's net income is being distributed as dividends?
(g) Are the shares of a company trading at a price that is higher relative to its basic earnings per share?