tableRatiotableIndustryAverageEvaluationtableCrosssectionaltableTimeseriesCurrent ratio,Acidtest ratio,Inventory turnover,Age of inventory, days, days,, days,,Accounts receivable turnover,Age of receivables, days, days,, days,,Total asset turnover,Gross profit margin,Net profit margin,Return on assets,Return on equity,Earnings per share,$$$Debt ratio,Times interest earned,PriceEarnings ratio,Price to book ratio,
b On the above table, evaluate the position of the company using crosssectional and time series trend analysis. Use "Good" for favorable ratios, "Poor" for unfavorable ones, or "Fair" for those ratios which almost meet the industrial average or present only slight improvement in the timeseries performance.