The key financial ratios offered in BRL Finance include:

• gross profit margin;
• operating profit margin;
• net profit margin;
• return on assets;
• asset turnover;
• return on equity; and
• debt/equity ratio.

Asset turnover indicates efficiency. The debt/equity ratio indicates financial leverage or risk, and it can be combined with equity return to measure the relationship between risk and return for selected groups of companies in the database.  The financial ratios offered in BRL Finance are defined on the Glossary.