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All of the following would be regarded as limitations in using ratio analysis, except:

A. It is sometimes misleading to compare firm ratios to an industry average, since it is very common for firms to be operating in a multitude of industries.

B. Even if a firm maintains consistent accounting policies, times series financial ratio analysis for a firm may be misleading if the state of the economy has changed over that period.

C. Sometimes, different sets of financial ratios will give conflicting signals about the firm's prospects.

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