The current ratio looks okay and the company earns money and pays a dividend.
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John Fitzpatrick of Capital IQ calculates the current ratio of negative to positive preannouncements as 1.2.
The company pays a 2% dividend, the current ratio is 1.8 and long-term debt-to-equity is .39.
Its current ratio, a measure of liquidity, is low, with current liabilities often bigger than current assets.
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In addition, the current ratio is up, shares outstanding are down and the gross margin has increased.
The balance sheet must be strong with a current ratio above 1.0 and a debt-to-equity ratio below 50%.
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Debt is a bit high, and liquidity a tad low, as measured by a current ratio below 1.
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Long term debt is a bit steep, but the current ratio is 2.15.
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The company has virtually no debt and has no problem paying its bills with a current ratio of 7.6.
This is why a high current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) raises my level of skepticism when I look at a company.
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As an additional test of solvency, the current ratio for the most recent fiscal year must be greater than the current ratio for the previous fiscal year.
The current ratio is 2.7 and long-term debt-to-equity is .14.
Furthermore, as of their last reporting the company has a current ratio of less than 1, meaning it owes more in debt and other payments in the coming year than it has in assets ready to use in the next year.
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Stated more clearly, their current PE ratio is approximately the same as their expected long-term earnings growth rate.
According to the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), the current childcare ratio in England limits one child minder to looking after three children under the age of two.
Yep, its current dividend payout ratio is 231% of its net income.
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The current (CAPE) ratio is at 23.4 times earnings, compared with the long-term average of 16.5.
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Though London's current price-earnings ratio of 15 sounds quite reasonable, Norwich Union's Mr Lis points out that most past bear markets have ended with ratios in single figures.
This ratio compares the current market price to its trailing 12-month reported earnings.
Atypically the company announced it will reduce its dividend payout ratio during the current year and devote more money to advertising.
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Aflac ( AFL) meets the ROE test, trades at a sub 10 PE ratio and its current 2.8% dividend yield is part of a steady dividend growth picture.
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The way Reese calculates the price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio based on an average of historical, current and projected growth rates, AEO has a 0.33 PEG ratio.
Maintaining the current franchised to company-owned ratio of 80%, there would be 32, 400 franchise units and 8, 100 company owned units by 2019.
They want the firms to give 90% of it to policyholders, the same ratio that applies to current earnings of with-profits funds.
Similarly, the current price-to-sales ratio of .49x is equal to the low end of its range established over the last ten years (.49x to .72x).
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As evidence of investor pessimism, Johnson cites the current Schaeffer's Open Interest Ratio for AMD, now near its highest readings in the last year, which indicates that the options investors have been favoring supersedes calls.
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