You are the audit senior on the audit of EasyLife Pty Limited, a large manufacturer of shoes. EasyLife Pty Limiteds main market lies with 18 to 25 year olds.

This is the first year in which your firm has performed the audit. As part of the planning work, you have performed analytical procedures on an annualised basis and compared the results to industry averages and last years audited financial information. The results are given below:

		Industry average		EasyLife Pty Limited
	Ratio	20X7	20X6	20X7	20X6
1	Current ratio	2.84	3.27	1.89	2.24
2	Receivables turnover ratio	4.9	4.6	6.3	7.0
3	Inventory turnover ratio	3.7	3.8	5.0	5.5
4	Return on total assets	7%	5%	13%	11%
5	Net profit ratio	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.04
6	Gross margin	0.20	0.26	0.20	0.18

Required:

Explain the general meaning of each of the above ratios, discuss the conclusions that you can draw about EasyLife financial position and identify potential audit risks to be investigated further.