Essay about Accounting Project: Current Ratio

The current ratio directly relates the company’s current assets against its current liabilities. A good current ratio will be over 1. For example if the current ratio were 2.0 this would mean that the company’s current assets are twice as large as its current liabilities. For Tesla Motors the current ratio drops significantly over the years. It starts at 2.76 in 2010, then drops to 1.95 in 2011, and finally reaches 0.97 in 2012. As you can see the current ratio in 2012 is below one. The current ratio of 0.97 means that as of December 2012, Tesla Motors has more current liabilities than current assets.

A. Current Ratio: The ability for a company to pay short term obligations is measured by this ratio. In 2011 Company G moved from 1.86 to 1.77. Compared to the 1.9 Home Center Retail Benchmarks industry ratio, the numbers are below standards. Current Ratio represents values above 2 quartile industry benchmarks data (1.4 to 2.1). Current Ratio represents a weakness for Company G.

The current ratio shows the short-term debt-paying ability of the company also known as liquidity ratio. Components of the current ratio are current assets and current liabilities. To find the current ratio, divide current assets by current liabilities. For example if a current ratio was 2:1, then that company would be able to pay off its short term debt easily. But you should also look at the types of debt the company has because some assets might be larger. For the current ratio a rule of thumb is the ratio should be around 2:1. The company wants to at least make sure that the value of the current assets covers at least the amount of the short-term obligations. In 2013 the current ratio is 1.75 and in 2014 the current ratio is 1.8. This is showing a favorable

This paper examines financial ratio analysis by defining, the three groups of stakeholders that use financial ratios, the five different kinds of ratios used and their applications, the analytical tools used in analysis, and finally financial ratio analysis limitations and benefits.

To calculate the current ratio, which is one of the most popular liquidity ratios you divide all of firms current assets by all of its current liabilities. McDonalds has $1,819.3 (*everything is in millions for McDonalds) of current assets and $2,248.3 in current liabilities making the firms current ratio .81. In 2005 Wendys has current assets of $266,353 and current liabilities of $296,687 making their current ratio .90. Current ratios are used to represent good liquidity and financial health. Since current ratios vary from industry to industry, the industry average determines if a firms current ratio is up to par, strength or a weakness. In any event if the current ratio is less than the industry average than an analyst or individual interested in investing might wonder why the firm isn't

Market value proportions of: Debt = $1,147,200 / $4,897,200 = 23.4% Pref. Share = $1,250,000 / $4,897,200 = 25.5% Common equity = $2,500,000 / $4,897,200 = 51.1%

Debt to equity ratio = [((600,000 + 3,000,000)*75%*7) + 21,210,000 + 233,000,000 + 3,000,000] / $115,000,000 = 2.40

.5189 for FY 2015, they show that almost half of the remaining assets are acquired by the shareholders. This is similarly projected by the equity ratio. Meanwhile, the debt-to-equity ratio foretells that there is a proportion of 143% total liabilities (for FY 2015) against the shareholder’s equity. The ratio seems high, yet it only shows the value allocation of the total liabilities against the total equity. On the other hand, for FY 2014, the total liabilities and total equity

The Debt-Equity Ratio shows that most of the capital was in terms of ordinary shares and is becoming more reliant on Shareholders Equity than on debt to finance operations.

As the creditors’ view, they prefer the high current ratio. The current ratio provides the best single indicator of the extent, which assets that are expected to be converted to cash fairly quickly cover the claims of short-term creditors. However, consider the current ratio from the perspective of a shareholder. A high current ratio could mean that the company has a lot of money tied up in nonproductive assets.

Before beginning an analysis of a company it is necessary to have a complete set of financial statements, preferably for the pas few years so that historical trends can be obtained. Ratios are a way for anyone to get an idea of the financial performance of a company by using the information contained in the financial statements. Ratios are grouped into four basic categories, liquidity, activity, profitability, and financial leverage. This document will use a variety of these ratios to analyze the firm, Sample Company, as of December 31,2000.

The first ratio to evaluate is the Current Ratio, which is calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Halliburton’s 2010 current ratio is 3.22, which improved from 2.99 in 2009 and from 2.66.in 2008. This ratio shows that Halliburton has a strong increasing liquidity and is in much better shape than its competitors. Baker Hughes has a 2010 current ratio of 2.77

1. Current ratio, as table 3 shown, is increasing. It can be assumed that the company overall ability to meet its financial obligations has improved (Lee, 1998).

Please see table A & B in the supplementary section for a complete chart of all financial ratios and calculations:

Computed: PPE = $6876M / $21,695M = 31.7% Intangible assets = $4041M / $21,695M = 22% Computed: $3,374M / $4,841 = 70% Computed: Accounts payable = $4461M / $13,021M = 34.2% Long-term debt = $2651M / $13,021M = 20.4% Computed: Long-term investments = $8214M / $22,417M = 36.6% Current assets = $7171M / $22,417M = 32%