The Internet makes ratio analysis much easier than it has been in the past.

1. Go to www.reuters.com

2. Choose a company and enter its ticker symbol.

3. Click on “Financial Results” and “Key Ratios” to compare the firm to its industry and the S&P 500 for various ratio categories.

4. Change the ratio category using the links to the left of the chart.

5. Take a screenshot and save as a picture file or include it on a Word document and upload the file here.

If Reuters is not available, do the same thing at Yahoo Finance.