Quick ratio

Quick ratio

One of the 61 measures in Stock Scorer, under Resilience — Can the balance sheet absorb a bad year?

How it is worked out

(Current assets − inventory) ÷ current liabilities

The current ratio with the stock still to be sold taken out, since inventory may not turn into cash quickly. Also called the acid test. Stricter than the current ratio above, which excludes deferred revenue instead.

How to read it

the current ratio without the stock that has still to be sold. Unlike the current ratio above it keeps deferred revenue in the liabilities, so it is the stricter of the two

Which figures it needs

Computed from 3 figures taken from the filing:

The XBRL tags behind it

These are the element names looked for in a filing, in order. The first one a company reports is the one used, and the company page names which it was — so any figure here can be checked against the filing it came from.

Whether it counts

This measure is not counted by default. It can be added to Resilience on the dashboard, and it then takes its share of that dimension.