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How to evaluate a company's debt-paying ability?

Moomoo News ·  Jan 20, 2021 04:53  · Exclusive

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Questions you may have:

  1. What is the current ratio?

  2. What does it mean?

  3. How to look up the current ratio on Moomoo?

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What is the current ratio?

The current ratio represents a company's ability to pay its current liabilities with its current assets

The formula is as follows:

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Source:Moomoo

What does it mean?

The current ratio is an important measure of financial health since creditors can measure a company's ability to pay off its debts within a year.

The current ratio varies from different industries, and the general number is between 1.5 and 3 for healthy companies.

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Source:Moomoo

Company ABC and Company XYZ come from the same industry and have different current assets and current liabilities. Which company has stronger short-term solvency?

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ABC Company has a higher current ratio which means the stronger the liquidity of ABC assets, the stronger the short-term solvency

How to look up the current ratio on Moomoo?

It can be done with just a few clicks (take Apple for example):

1.Search the ticker '$Tesla, Inc.(TSLA.US)$'

2.Select 'Tesla Inc' to go to the quotation page

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3.Find the 'Financial' tab and it will show the current ratio

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By Mia

Disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement of any specific investment or investment strategy. Read more
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    Nice simple explanation

    Jul 3, 2021 02:54
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    very helpful

    Jul 14, 2021 17:21
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    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    Nov 11, 2021 22:02

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