Liquidity Ratio Measures the relationship between current assets and current liabilities with the help of data extracted from the balance sheet of the company Assess the ability of business to meet its short-term obligation usually one year Assess whether the business has sufficient cash and current assets to pay back its current liabilities Types of Liquidity Ratio Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Cash Ratio Current Ratio It measures the ability of the business to meet its current liabilities by converting current assets into cash during the operating cycle of the firm to pay off the debt efficiently on time Higher the current ratio, better is the firmโs position in managing its working capital The standard current ratio showing an efficient liquidity is 2:1 Formula, Current Ratio = (๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฌ)/(๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ) Quick Ratio Quick ratio is also known as acid-test ratio It takes into account only those current assets which are highly liquid so it excludes the inventory/stocks from current asset Formula, Quick Ratio = (๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฌ โ๐๐ญ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ โ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฌ)/(๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ) Quick assets = Current Assets โ Stocks โ Prepaid Expenses A standard quick ratio is considered to be 1:1 which is safe for any business Thus, quick ratio is an indicator of a companyโs short-term liquidity position and measures ability of business to meet its short-term obligations with most liquid assets Cash Ratio Cash ratio is the most stringent measure of liquidity which takes into account only cash & cash equivalents to get the working capital efficiency of business The metric calculates a company's ability to repay its short-term debt with readily-liquidated cash resources Formula, Cash Ratio = (๐๐๐๐ & ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐)/(๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ) Cash equivalents are the assets that can speedily get converted into cash as and when required like cash on hand, demand deposits, money market instruments, savings accounts. Thank you for Watching Subscribe to Devtech Finance