The primary goal of every investor is to maximize his returns. To determine the right company to invest in an investor require analyze the performance of a company using various tools which include the financial ratios analysis, cash flow analysis, risk analysis, stock valuation and time value of money. This paper provides a detailed analysis of an investor who has 100,000 and is in differenced between saving the money in a saving account or investing it in stocks of 3M company which is a manufacturing and mining company producing over 55, 000 products.
Use of Financial Ratios
The liquidity ratios shows the ...