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performance measurement-working capital period

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • March 10, 2015 at 1:13 pm #231891
    Molly Sum
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    calculation of ratio working capital period whether can be :

    ratio calculation :
    1. working capital / sales x 365 days ? or
    2. working capital / cost of sales or operating costs x 365 days ? and
    what is included in the working capital?
    thank you

    March 10, 2015 at 2:11 pm #231897
    John Moffat
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    There is no such thing as “ratio working capital period”.

    There is the working capital ratio (normally called current ratio) which is current assets / current liabilities.

    There is the working capital period (or working capital cycle) which is receivables days plus inventory days less payables days.

    March 13, 2015 at 2:04 pm #232278
    Molly Sum
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    it identifies how long it takes to convert the purchase of inventories into cash from sales and is calculated as :

    working capital / sales x 365 days ?

    March 13, 2015 at 3:21 pm #232284
    John Moffat
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    Firstly, what you have written is not a ratio. (Ratios are not measured in days!)

    Secondly what measures how long it takes to convert purchases into cash is the working capital period which I have written in my previous reply.

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