Question

financial ratios are used by investors for which of the following purposes? make comparisons across different businesses randomly generate choices to be unpredictable hide their financial statements from the public

Explanation:

Financial ratios (a key concept in Business, specifically Finance/Accounting) help investors analyze and compare the financial performance, efficiency, etc., of different businesses. The other options are illogical: investors don’t use ratios to be unpredictable or hide financials (and hiding financials is not an investor’s action).

Answer:

A. make comparisons across different businesses