13‏/10‏/2024

INTRODUCTION

  

 

Businesses in the world can be categorized in to two parts mainly;   profit                   oriented  and       non-profit           oriented. Regardless of the profit oriented motive or social welfare motive,  financial  performance  plays  a  key  role  in  an organizatio i th pat t achiev thei goals. Information regarding financial performance will shape the  decisions  regarding  the  future  of  the  organization. That is why accounting has been evolving to cater the financial information needs of the business organizations around the world, providing information about financial performance to enable better decision making. Financial ratios can be mentioned as an accounting tool which will help  the  various  decisio makers  to  take  decisions regarding the financial performance of the company. Financial ratios will enable the managers to assess the organizations operations,  growth,  and  benchmark  the organization  with  its  competitors.  Analyzing  the ratios will also help them in planning future performance by taking           the     current                             period’s                performance                 into consideration.  According  to  Erdogan  et  Al.  (2015)[5], analyzing the financial ratios and performance becomes one of the main responsibilities of the managers due to the above  reasons.  Green  (1978)[6]  has  mentioned  in  his study,  that  financial  ratios  of  the  failed  firms  differed from the successful firms as early as five years prior to the failure. Therefore, to avoid bankruptcy, it is important to analyze the financial ratios of a business organization. The  aim  of  this  study  is  to  analyze  the  relationship between    some                  of        the          financial                              ratios     and                 the