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| Threshold. Ratios 10% (default) over the benchmark or 10% under the benchmark are of interest. You may change this threshold using the SPREDGAR options dialog. | ||||||
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| Yellow. A yellow cell indicates that the ratio is within 10% of the benchmark. | ||||||
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| Green. A green cell indicates that the ratio is 10% "better" than the benchmark. Usually this means "higher", although with some ratios are "better" if they are lower (such as debt to equity). | ||||||
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| Red. A red cell indicates that the ratio is 10% "worse" than the benchmark. Usually this means "lower", although with some ratios are "worse" if they are higher (such as debt to equity). | ||||||
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| Example. Take
a look at part of WalMart's SPREDGARized 10-K filing as of
12/31/2003:![]()
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Gordon Gerwig, founder of Spredgar Software, has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of California at Davis. Gordon Gerwig and Spredgar Software have been written up in Online Investing for Dummies, Online Investing Hacks, and in the Innovator, the U.C. Davis Graduate School of Management's alumni magazine. Gordon is an individual investor and a member of the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, a Licensed International Financial Analyst (LIFA) , and is an associate member of the CFA Institute. He has worked in financial services as a advisor for Morgan Stanley and American Express. He has experience in small business lending, valuation and consulting. Spredgar Software's mission is to provide unbiased financial investment data through Excel add-in software for the private investor, the professional analyst, and the academic.
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