Section $2$: Ratio Analysis

Compute the ratios for the following categories for each company:

Profitability

Liquidity

Solvency

Market value

Present in chart form and show the calculations used. $(36$ marks$)$

Discussion$/$comparison of ratios. $(36$ marks$)$ For each ratio, you should comment on some of the following:

What is the relative position of each of the corporations?

What is being measured?

What does it mean? Is this good or bad news?

What could be causing one company to be worse off, or what may give them the advantage in this scenario?