In order to see the bigger picture of a company's financial health ratios are used to measure liquidity, activities, debt, and profitability. There are two ratios used in the liquidity ratio category, the first one is the current ratio which measures liquidity, the other is the quick (acid test) ratio which also measures liquidity but just a different formula and different meaning for the investors and banks. Current ratio = current assets / current liabilities to where as the quick ratio = current assets inventory / current liabilities (Gitman, 2006). The current ratio tells whether the firm has the ability to meet their short-term obligations and the quick ratio also does the same but excludes the inventory for the simple fact that inventory will become account receivables or it can't be sold.
In the activity ratio category there are several different ratios used. The first one is the inventory turnover which measures the activity of inventory, inventory turnover = cost......
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