Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Debt ratio measures a company's total debt relative to its assets, indicating financial health. A rising debt ratio may suggest excessive borrowing for unproductive investments. Investors should ...

Forward P/E uses future earnings estimates and can be affected by forecast changes. Trailing P/E is based on past performance, making it more objective but less predictive. Comparing both forward and ...