Ratios can be calculated from the information shown on a company's financial statements. The trends shown over several periods can be used to make inferences about a company's finances, and operating efficiency. Financial ratios are not only used to make comparisons within a company, but also against other businesses in the same industry. This report will focus on the financial ratios of Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets leading prescription medicines for …showed first 75 words of 2379 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2379 total…AsRep&Scale=AsRep Mergent Online. (2005). Pfizer Inc. Retrieved Nov. 9, 2005 from http://www.mergentonline.com/compdetail.asp?company=-1&company_mer=6610&Type=financials&DataType=Ratios&DataPeriod=Annuals&DataArea=BS&DataRange=3&Footnotes=off&Currency=AsRep&Scale=AsRep Pfizer. (2005). Retrieved Nov. 10, 2005 from http://www.pfizer.com Working Capital Ratio. (2005). Retrieved Nov. 14, 2005 from http://www.benchmarkreport.com/glossary.cfm