Finance Flashcards
What is the Quick Ratio?
It indicates the company’s short-term liquidity position. How well it is able to pay off its short term loans
What is the Quick Ratio formula?
Current assets - Stock / Short Term Loan Capital
What should the Quick Ratio be?
Higher than 1,0
What is Solvency?
Solvency indicates how well a company is able to absorb its losses.
What does good Solvency mean?
That a company is able to absorb a good amount of losses and through that, that it can attract loans, sponsors, and investors
What is considered good Solvency?
For a starting company: 40% and higher
For an established company: 20% and higher
What is the Solvency formula?
Equity/Total Assets
What is Return on Equity?
Return on Equity tells us how good a company is at generating profit. Making money out of money
What is a good ratio for Return on Equity?
Acceptable ratio: 14%
Anything under 10% is poor
What is the Return on Equity formula?
Profit/Average Equity Capital * 100%
What is the Current Ratio?
A liquidity ratio that measures if a company has enough resources to meet its short-term obligations
What should the Current Ratio be?
Between 1,5- 4
What is the Current Ratio formula?
Current Assets/Current Liabilities
What is Net Working Capital?
The difference between a company’s current assets and current liabilities. Shows if a company can covet its current liabilities with its current assets in order to show if an investment is possible
What is a good Net Working Capital?
One that is positive, meaning that there is money over when the current liabilities are covered