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Toshiba Current ratio

What is the Current ratio of Toshiba?

The Current ratio of Toshiba Corp. is 1.41

What is the definition of Current ratio?



Current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures whether or not a company has enough resources to meet its short-term obligations.

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The current ratio is an indication of a company's liquidity and measures the capability to meet a company's short-term obligations. It compares a firm's current assets to its current liabilities, and is expressed as current assets divided by current liabilities. The ratio is only useful when two companies are compared within industry because inter industry business operations differ substantially. To determine liquidity, the current ratio is not as helpful as the quick ratio, because it includes all those assets that may not be easily liquidated, like prepaid expenses and inventory.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry. In many cases an investor would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio indicates that the company is more likely to pay the investor back. Large current ratios are not always a good sign for investors. If the company's current ratio is too high it may indicate that the company is not efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. If current liabilities exceed current assets the current ratio will be less than 1. A current ratio of less than 1 indicates that the company may have problems meeting its short-term obligations.

Some types of businesses can operate with a current ratio of less than one however. If inventory turns into cash much more rapidly than the accounts payable become due, then the firm's current ratio can comfortably remain less than one. Inventory is valued at the cost of acquiring it and the firm intends to sell the inventory for more than this cost. The sale will therefore generate substantially more cash than the value of inventory on the balance sheet. Low current ratios can also be justified for businesses that can collect cash from customers long before they need to pay their suppliers.

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What does Toshiba do?

Toshiba Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic devices and storage solutions worldwide. It operates through seven segments: Energy Systems & Solutions, Infrastructure Systems & Solutions, Building Solutions, Retail & Printing Solutions, Electronic Devices & Storage Solutions, Digital Solutions, and Others. The company provides energy systems and solutions, including nuclear, thermal, and renewable energy power generation systems; transmission and distribution, hydrogen energy, and heavy-ion therapy systems; and energy digital services. It also offers infrastructure systems and solutions, such as water supply and wastewater treatment, traffic control, defense and electronic, railway transportation, substation, broadcasting and network, security and automation, and motor/drive systems; and building solutions comprising elevators, escalators, building facilities, electrical construction materials, lighting equipment, airport ground lighting systems, stage and studio lighting systems, automotive light sources, industrial light sources and UV modules, air conditioners, multi systems for buildings, heat pump hot water supply systems, ventilating systems, refrigeration, and cold-chain equipment. In addition, the company provides retail and printing solutions, including POS systems, multifunction peripherals, automatic identification systems, and inkjet heads; electronic devices and storage solutions, such as semiconductors, analog integrated circuits (ICs), microcontrollers, automotive digital ICs, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, thermal print heads, and ceramics; and digital solutions comprising AI/analytics, ICT infrastructure, IoT solutions, security solutions, and managed services. Further, it offers rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, modules, and packs; and computers and tablets, visual products, and home appliances. Toshiba Corporation was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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