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You will find the current DaimlerChrysler ratings in the Fact Sheet. Fact Sheet Ratio A measure of the relative size of two numbers. Ratios provide a quick way to compare a company to its performance over time, to other companies in the same industry, and to the industry average. Registered Share Stock whose issuer records ownership in the share register. It differs from a bearer share which is traded without record of ownership and whose possession is the only evidence of ownership.