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Limitations to ratio analysis

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  • based on historic data
  • only as good as source material
  • different accounting policies can be used to calculate produce and value assets etc making comparisons difficult
  • changes to organisational policies
  • shouldn’t be looked at in isolation (need to look at trends)
  • financial statements contain subjective elements
  • need to compare to sector / trends