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Financial performance indicators for Canadian business
2000
The 2000 edition of Financial performance indicators for Canadian business (FPI), Volume 1, covering medium-sized and large businesses in Canada, is now available. FPI is an authoritative reference source of key financial ratios for 144 industries. It is based on up-to-date, reliable and comprehensive data on Canadian businesses, derived from Statistics Canada databases of financial statements.
The indicators are designed to serve as financial performance benchmarks against which individual firms and industries can be compared. It allows firms to precisely position themselves within their peer group. The enhancements to this edition include classifying industries according to the North American Industry Classification System and providing three reference years of data (2000, 1999 and 1998). The CD-ROM includes an interactive benchmarking module to compare their firm's performance to that of their industry and to address some business issues such as business investment opportunities, financial report cards and business risk. FPI can also be used for inter-industry comparisons - which sectors should be considered for investment and ranking of most profitable industries and ranking of the industries with the highest sales growth rates. These ratios can be easily exported to Lotus and Excel spreadsheets to create customized reports. Later this year, Volumes 2 and 3 will be released for small- and medium-sized business by province and territory.
The 2000 edition of Financial performance indicators for Canadian business (61F0058XCB, Volume 1, $225; 61F0058XME, Volume 1, $750) is now available. Customized data extractions are also available. For more information, contact Jeannine D'Angelo (1-800-263-1136; 613-951-2604; jeannine.dangelo@statcan.gc.ca), Industrial Organization and Finance Division.
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