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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 | ||||