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At the end of 2015, Apple had cash and short-term investments of $41.86 billion, accounts receivable of $35.74 billion, current assets of $89.83 billion, and current liabilities of $80.38 billion. a. What was Apple's current ratio? b. What was Apple's quick ratio? c. What was Apple's cash ratio? d. At the end of 2015, HPQ had a cash ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 1.06. What can you say about the asset liquidity of Apple relative to HPQ?
| Given that | ||||
| i | cash and short-term investments | $41.86 | ||
| ii | accounts receivable | 35.74 | ||
| iii | current assets | 89.83 | ||
| iv=iii-i-ii | Inventory | $12.23 | ||
| v | current liabilities | 80.38 | ||
| ans a) | What was Apple's current ratio | |||
| current ratio = Current asset / Current liabilities | ||||
| iii/v | 1.12 | |||
| ans b) | What was Apple's quick ratio | |||
| (Current asset - Inventory)/Current liabilities | ||||
| (iii-iv)/v | 0.97 | |||
| ans c) | What was Apple's cash ratio | |||
| Cash and short term investment/Current liabilities | 0.52 | |||
| i/v | ||||
| ans d) | Apple | HPQ | ||
| Current ratio | 1.12 | 1.06 | ||
| Quick ratio | 0.97 | 0.66 | ||
| Cash ratio | 0.52 | 0.29 | ||
| we can see that all the ratios of HPQ is lower than Apple | ||||
| Therefore apple has higher liquidty as compared to HPQ | ||||