You are considering an investment in a company that supplies components to Apple Inc. Choose three financial ratios that you would analyze to assess the financial health of the company. Explain and defend your choices. Provide at least one academic source, other than our course textbooks, to support your position.
Considering all the components a company’s financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, cash flow statement, and notes to the financial statements), describe which component is most important to stakeholders (employees, managers, stockholders, customers, and vendors).