Interpreting liquidity and activity ratios The table a. Calculate each of the following ratios for all three companies: current ratio, quick ratio, inventory tumover, average collection period, total asset turnover b. What company is in the position of having greatest liquidity? c. Would you say that the three companies exhibit similar performance or quite different performance in terms of collecting receivables? Why do you think that might be? d. Which company has the most rapid inventory turnover? Which company appears to be least efficient in terms of total asset turnover? Are your answers to those questions a little surprising? If a company is best at inventory turnover and worst at total asset tumover, what do you think that means? shows key financial data for three firms that compete in the consumer products market Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Clorox a. For the three companies, the current ratios are: (Round to three decimal places) Procter and Gamble Colgate-Palmolive Current ratio CID Clorox

Interpreting liquidity and activity ratios The table a. Calculate each of the following ratios for all three companies: current ratio, quick ratio, inventory tumover, average collection period, total asset turnover b. What company is in the position of having greatest liquidity? c. Would you say that the three companies exhibit similar performance or quite different performance in terms of collecting receivables? Why do you think that might be? d. Which company has the most rapid inventory turnover? Which company appears to be least efficient in terms of total asset turnover? Are your answers to those questions a little surprising? If a company is best at inventory turnover and worst at total asset tumover, what do you think that means? shows key financial data for three firms that compete in the consumer products market Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Clorox a. For the three companies, the current ratios are: (Round to three decimal places) Procter and Gamble Colgate-Palmolive Current ratio CID Clorox

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