Calculate the indicated ratios for all three years .Analyze trends in each ratio and compare each with the industry average. What can you infer from this information? Make specific statements about liquidity, asset management, especially receivables and inventories, debt management, and profitability. Do not simply say that ratios are higher or lower than the average or that they are going up or down. Think about what might be going on in the company and propose reasons why the ratios are acting as they are. Use only ending balance sheet figures to calculate your ratios. Do certain specific problems tend to affect more than one ratio? Which ones?.