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What are the uses of liquidity ratios ?

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Question ajoutée par Muhammad Sohail Anwar , Finance Manager , The Food Concepts
Date de publication: 2014/11/24
Divyesh Patel
par Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Liquidity ratio represents one's ability to pay its current obligations or short-term debts within a period less than one year. Liquidity ratios, therefore, measures a company's liquidity position.

 

James Perez, CPA, CMA Candidate
par James Perez, CPA, CMA Candidate , Assistant Manager-Financial Planning and Analysis , Tupperware Brands Philippines

Liquidity ratios assess a firm's ability to pay short-term debts as they fall due.

Awang Zaaba Awg Mahmud
par Awang Zaaba Awg Mahmud , Chief Compliance Officer , RAM Rating Services Berhad

Liquidity ratio only measures ability to pay short term obligations at a particular point in time. This ratio or any other ratios that are derived from the Balance Sheet is good at that particular point.  Nonetheless it does give some indications of the ability to meet short term obligations.

 

It is therefore wise to look at trends as well as understand the prevailing economic climate at which those trends occur before deciding on an entity's ability to meet its short term obligations.

Sarangi Lal ACCA
par Sarangi Lal ACCA , Finance Analyst , Lifetime Training Group

Liquidity ratios indicate how easily a company can meet its short term debt obligations. It is the ratio of current assets to current liabilities. Liquidity ratios give the investors an idea of how successfully a company can continue its day to day operations while meeting its short term debt obligations.

Neelesh Desai
par Neelesh Desai , Account Manager , Hi Fidelity Solutions Pvt Ltd

Hello,

Liquidity ratios are useful for management as well as bankers to keep a check the company's liquidity while bankers use it to see if their finances are within the set parameters.

Shabbir Patel
par Shabbir Patel , site Accountant , Bharat Petroleum Corporation

Liquidity ratios is to measure the ability of the company to meet its short term debt and shot term liabilities when they fall due.

Sajid Hussain Penukonda
par Sajid Hussain Penukonda , Executive Finance , Excellence Data Research Private Limited (Cognizant Group)

Liquidity ratios are the ratios that measure the ability of a company to meet its short term debt obligations. These ratios measure the ability of a company to pay off its short-term liabilities when they fall due.

Stephen Akinwale
par Stephen Akinwale , Corporate Finance Analyst , Pricewaterhousecoopers Limited (PwC)

Liquidity ratios simply show the strength of a company in settling its short term obligations

Sudersan Thapa
par Sudersan Thapa , Accountant , Thumbay Dental Hospital

Liquidity ratios show whether a business has sufficient cash or cash equivalent current assets to pay its debts as they come due.

It helps business to identify their liquidity position and take further action to avoid trouble likely to get from their creditors and banks.  It also helps business to measure their efficiency on what extent they were able to convert inventory & receivables into cash and their decision on high and low ratios.