A quick ratio tests a company’s current liquidity and solvency. It is a measure of whether the company can pay its short-term obligations with its cash or cash-like assets on hand. (Short term ...

For income investors, it is important to know what proportion of a company's earnings are being distributed as dividends. That can be found using the payout ratio, as Axel Tracy explains in "Ratio ...

A quick ratio below industry standard means that your company has a relatively lower liquidity position than its competitors on one of the three common liquidity ratios used by companies. The quick ...