You want to examine the financial ratios for Johnson & Johnson. Go to www.reuters.com and type in the ticker symbol for the company (JNJ). Next, go to the financials link.

a. What do TTM and MRQ mean?

b. How do JNJs recent profitability ratios compare to their values over the past five years? To the industry averages? To the sector averages? To the S&P 500 averages?

c. Which is the better comparison group for JNJ: the industry, sector, or S&P 500 averages? Why?

d. In what areas does JNJ seem to outperform its competitors based on the financial ratios? Where does JNJ seem to lag behind its competitors?