Investment information and performance ratings for 1500 stocks are also included. An additional 1,800 stocks, mostly smaller companies, are covered in Value Line Investment Survey - Expanded Edition , which is also kept at the Reference Desk. Almanac of Business Industrial Financial Ratios. Over 20 financial ratios and percentages are given for each of 75 major industries. Each industry is also subdivided, and ratios are given for the sections.
Statistics lag three years behind publication date.
Compiles statistics for companies just starting up and has no money in assets. Some earlier years are available at the same call number in the Lauinger Library stacks. The figures can be used to compare a company's performance in the stock market to its industry group's performance. Earlier years available in Lauinger Library stacks, covering 1956 to the present. Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios.