{"id":60988,"date":"2026-02-24T15:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creditdevice.com\/knowledge\/current-ratio\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:57:40","slug":"current-ratio","status":"publish","type":"knowledge","link":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/knowledge\/current-ratio\/","title":{"rendered":"Current ratio"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current ratio is a liquidity characteristic that indicates the extent to which a company can meet its current liabilities with its current assets. The ratio is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities. Current assets include cash, bank, inventory and accounts receivable. A ratio above 1 means that the company theoretically has sufficient funds to meet its immediate liabilities. Assessing the level of the ratio depends on sector and business model.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"beschrijving":"","kernuitleg":"<p>The current ratio is a liquidity characteristic that indicates the extent to which a company can meet its current liabilities with its current assets. The ratio is calculated by dividing current assets by current liabilities. Current assets include cash, bank, inventory and accounts receivable. A ratio above 1 means that the company theoretically has sufficient funds to meet its immediate liabilities. Assessing the level of the ratio depends on sector and business model.    <\/p>\n","context-creditmanagement":"<p>Within credit analysis, the current ratio is used to assess short-term risk. A declining ratio can indicate increasing pressure on the liquidity position. The key number is often combined with other ratios for a complete financial picture.  <\/p>\n","voorbeeld":"<p>When a company has 500,000 euros in current assets and 400,000 euros in current liabilities, the current ratio is 1.25.<\/p>\n","label":"","label_definities":"Financial ratios","afbeelding":""},"definities":[],"knowledge-type":[395],"sectoren":[],"alle-categorieen":[],"class_list":["post-60988","knowledge","type-knowledge","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","knowledge-type-definitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge\/60988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge\/60988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"definities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/definities?post=60988"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-type?post=60988"},{"taxonomy":"sectoren","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sectoren?post=60988"},{"taxonomy":"alle-categorieen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cd-wordpress.creditandcollection.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alle-categorieen?post=60988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}