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term obligations or those due within one year. It tells investors and analysts how a company can
maximize the current assets on its balance sheet to satisfy its current debt and other payables.
Current Assets
Current Ratio =
Current Liabilities
Current Ratio
1.67
1.33
1.18 1.13 1.12
Current Ratio
Interpretation: Current Ratio of Advance Chemical Industry limited of five year (2020-
2017,2014) ranged between 1.67 to 1.12 respectively. ACI Ltd. Current Assets are just enough to
pay down the short-term obligations. However, there is a certain risk associated with nonpayment’s
of receivables also ACI Ltd short-term debts is increasing yearly.
Operating Cashflow to current Liabilities Ratio: Operating cash flow ratio measures the
adequacy of a company’s cash generated from operating activities to pay its current liabilities. It
is calculated by dividing the cash flow from operations by the company’s current liabilities.
Operating cash flow ratio determines the number of times the current liabilities can be paid off out
of net operating cash flow. A higher ratio is better.
1.32
0.1 0.22
0.046
2015 2017 2018 2019 2020
Interpretation: The company have maintained operating cash flow ratio of more than 1 in 2016
and 2017. However, company failed to maintain its operating cashflow in 2018 to 2020. If we drill
deeper, we find that the drop in the ratio in 2018-2020 was due to increase in current liabilities
balance and drop in cash flow from operations.