Students have been coming in requesting help with their business class assignment that has them looking up ratios and averages for specific industries.
The book they need is in Annex 1 Reference area and is called Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios HF 5681 R25 I52. They need to match their assigned company to the appropriate industry SIC code and they’ll find the ratio/average tables arranged by SIC code.
Sources for both company and industry ratios are listed under these headings in the “Business — Where Can I Find” research guide: Financial Ratios, Industry Averages, and Ratios. Here’s the link: http://libguides.sfsu.edu/content.php?pid=8910&sid=61452.