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Current Ratio Analysis

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<table border&equals;"1" cellspacing&equals;"0" cellpadding&equals;"0">&NewLine;<tbody>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"130" valign&equals;"top"><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top"><strong>Company A<&sol;strong><&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top"><strong>Company B<&sol;strong><&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"130" valign&equals;"top">Current Assets<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">&dollar; 6000<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">&dollar; 3&comma;000<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"130" valign&equals;"top">Current Liabilities<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">&dollar; 2000<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">&dollar; 1&comma;500<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"130" valign&equals;"top">Working Capital<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">&dollar; 4&comma;000<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">&dollar; 1&comma;500<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"130" valign&equals;"top"> <&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top"> <&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top"> <&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<tr>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"130" valign&equals;"top">Current Ration<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">3&period;0<&sol;td>&NewLine;<td width&equals;"213" valign&equals;"top">2&period;0<&sol;td>&NewLine;<&sol;tr>&NewLine;<&sol;tbody>&NewLine;<&sol;table>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">From the example one can easily say that Company A is a winner in liquidity race on basis of more current assets and working capital but here are few things to notice which contradict the Company A winner statement&period;  Let say&comma; Company A and Company B have 30 days to pay their liabilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">What If&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;•    Company A requires 8 months to collect account receivable whereas company B gets money back within a month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">•    Company A inventory turnover is 2 times in a year on the other hand Company B inventory turnover is 12 times in a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The above mentioned cases clearly state that Company A cannot meet its liabilities obligation on time because current assets taking too much time to convert into cash&period; Despite of company B lower ratio it is the winner due to least time required to convert current assets into cash and pay liabilities within specified period of time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Managers should use current ratio for liquidity analysis of the company but should consider the other attributes as discussed in this tutorial&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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