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Pet World's Liquidity Ratio

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Liquidity ratios are meant to answer the question; can a company meet its obligations over a short term? The balance sheet shows that Pet World has a positive cash flow. If a company does not have a positive cash flow or can’t generate enough cash to cover its financial obligations, the company will not be successful. According to our reading, “a current ratio greater than 1 tells us that the current assets should generate enough cash to cover current liabilities coming due, and keep the company out of short-term cash problems” (Brooks, 2013, p. 430). The current ratio for Pet World is 5.04 times which means the company is able to cover their current liabilities 5.04 times over by its current assets. The acid ratio was calculated to be …show more content…

The last ratio to be calculated from the liquidity ratios was the cash ratio. This ratio of 1.70 indicates the percent of current liabilities covered by the current cash on hand. After completion of the liquidity ratios, I have determined that Pet World will be able to meet their short-term debt obligations in a timely manner. Each ratio is over 1 which means the current assets of the company should generate enough cash to cover the current liabilities. Financial Leverage In order for us to manage a company’s long-term debt obligations, financial leverage ratios are used. The basic question that is asked is; can the company meet its obligations over the long term? In order to answer this question, we look at three ratios, debt ratio, times interest earned, and cash coverage ratio. The debt ratio was figured to …show more content…

Pet World’s profit margin is .03. This means that for every sales dollar that is generated, 3 cents of the dollar is profit. The return on assets or ROA tells us how well the assets are generating income. The ROA is .06 which means that Pet World is generating 6 cents per investment dollar. The last ratio for profitability is the return on equity. This ratio indicates how much profit the company generates for the owners based on their ownership claim (Brooks, 2013, p. 435). Pet Worlds ROE is .06. The owners are receiving 6% in return from the

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