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Business Definition for: Current Ratio
- a ratio of current assets to current liabilities, used to measure a company's liquidity and its ability to meet its short-term debt obligations.
Example: The current ratio formula is a simple one:Current assets / Current liabilities = Current ratioCurrent assets are the ones that a company can turn into cash within 12 months during the ordinary course of business. Current liabilities are bills due to be paid within the coming 12 months.
For example, if a company's current assets are $300,000 and its current liabilities are $200,000, its current ratio would be300,000 / 200,000 = 1.5As a rule of thumb, the 1.5 figure means that a company should be able to get hold of $1.50 for every $1.00 it owes.
The higher the ratio, the more liquid the company. Prospective lenders expect a positive current ratio, often of at least 1.5. However, too high a ratio is cause for alarm too, because it indicates declining receivables and/or inventory—which may mean declining liquidity.
Additional Resources
- Assessing Current Ratio
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- Articles 2007-12-12
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- Research articles 2001-07-23
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- Research articles 2001-07-09
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- Research articles 2001-10-01
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- Research articles 2001-06-11
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- Research articles 2001-05-14
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-05-07
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-07-30
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- Research articles 2001-04-23
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-05-21
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-07-16
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-06-18
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-04-30
- The Sell: Buy Ratio - NYSE/NASDAQ
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- Research articles 2001-06-25
- Sell/Buy Ratio - Nasdaq And Nyse
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- Research articles 2001-06-04
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- Presentations 2003-01-01
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- External links 2008-10-28
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- External links 2008-12-18
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- White papers 2003-01-01
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