Liquidity and Solvency Measures

Your friend, another accountant, has bet you that with your knowledge of accounting and just the computations for common analytical measures, you can figure out many aspects of a company's financial statements. You take the bet!

Match each computation to one of the liquidity and solvency measures in the table. (Hint: Begin by looking for simple computations and identifying the amounts in those computations. Look for other measures that use those amounts.)

Liquidity and Solvency Measures		Computations
Working capital		$3,095,000 $840,000
Current ratio		$3,095,000 $840,000
Quick ratio		$1,866,000 $840,000
Accounts receivable turnover		$8,280,000 [($714,000 + $740,000) 2]
Number of days' sales in receivables		[($714,000 + $740,000) 2] ($8,280,000 365)
Inventory turnover		$4,100,000 [($1,072,000 + $1,100,000) 2]
Number of days' sales in inventory		[($1,072,000 + $1,100,000) 2] ($4,100,000 365)
Ratio of fixed assets to long-term liabilities		$2,690,000 $1,690,000
Ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity		$2,530,000 $4,079,000
Times interest earned		($989,400 + $127,000) $127,000

Feedback

Look for patterns in the computations and match them to ratios that are related to each other. Identify the amounts in the computations and consider how they are related to amounts in other computations.

Balance Sheet

Use the following balance sheet form to enter amounts you identify from the computations on the Liquidity and Solvency Measures part. You will identify other amounts for the balance sheet on the Profitability Measures part. If you have a choice of two amounts, assume the first amount in the ratio is for the end of the year. Compute any missing amounts.

Balance Sheet December 31, 20Y6
Assets
Current assets:
Cash	$823,000
Marketable securities
Accounts receivable (net)
Inventory
Prepaid expenses
Total current assets	$
Long-term investments
Property, plant, and equipment (net)
Total assets	$
Liabilities
Current liabilities	$
Long-term liabilities
Total liabilities	$
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock, $10 par	$
Common stock, $5 par
Retained earnings
Total stockholders' equity	$
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$

Feedback

Identify the amounts in the Liquidity and Solvency Measures panel and the Profitability Measures panel that are balance sheet items and enter them accordingly.