Nabors Company reported the following current assets and liabilities for December 31 for two recent years: Dec. 31, Current Year Dec. 31, Previous Year
Cash $660 $920
Temporary investments 1,440 2,050
Accounts receivable 3,300 1,400
Inventory 1,080 1,040
Accounts payable 3,000 2,300
Required:
A. Compute the quick ratio on December 31 of both years.
B. Is the quick ratio improving or declining?

a.

Quick Ratio - Current Year = 1.44

Quick Ratio - Previous Year = 1.447826 rounded off to 1.45

b.

The quick ratio of the business has declined as it has less current assets to pay of each $1 of current liability than it had previous year.

Explanation:

A.

The quick ratio or acid test ratio is a financial ratio that is used to assess the liquidity of a business. It measures the amount of most liquid assets that the business has to pay each $1 of current liability of the business. The most liquid assets of a business are all of its current assets excluding inventory. The formula to calculate the quick ratio is,

Quick ratio = (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities

Quick Ratio - Current Year = (660 + 1440 + 3300 - 1080) / 3000

Quick Ratio - Current Year = 1.44

Quick Ratio - Previous Year = (920 + 2050 + 1400 - 1040) / 2300

Quick Ratio - Previous Year = 1.447826 rounded off to 1.45

B.

The quick ratio of the business in previous year was approx. 1.45 which means that the business had $1.45 of most liquid current assets to pay each $1 of current liability while this year, it has $1.44 of current assets for each $1 of current liability. This means that the quick ratio of the business has declined as it has less current assets to pay of each $1 of current liability than it had previous year.

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