tailed financial analysis of Mattell, Inc. for the 1978-1982 time period, which begins below on this page, and a recommendation as to investment in the firm's common stock, which is presented as the final section of this report.
The financial analysis performed was primarily a ratio analysis, and the analysis was performed in the areas of liquidity, activity, leverage, profitability, and stock performance.
Liquidity analysis was performed in the contexts of current ratios and quick ratios. These ratios are presented in Table 2, which may be found on the following page. Both the current and the quick ratios declined significantly between fiscal 1980 and 1982, with the quick ratio declining to a point significantly below the five-year mean. In each instance, however, the fiscal
Sales, Operating Profits, and Net Income
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