The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations or those due within one year. It tells investors and analysts how a company can maximize ...

A leverage ratio may also be used to measure a company’s mix of operating expenses to get an idea of how changes in output will affect operating income. Common leverage ratios include the debt ...

As a result, this pushed up D/E ratios across the industry. Before the financial crisis of 2008, common D/E ratios among oil ...