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How important it is to calculate working capital turnover ratio of a company and why it is different for industry to industry?

A measurement comparing the depletion of working capital to the generation of sales over a given period. This provides some useful information as to how effectively a company is using its working capital to generate sales.

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Question added by Mohamed Mohideen Fazul Ansar , General Manager (GM) , Expolanka Freight (Pvt) Limited
Date Posted: 2013/08/19
Idrees Zafar
by Idrees Zafar , Senior Financial Analyst , Bayt.com

It is a good analysis tool.
Failure to establish relationship between two accounting elements (sales and operations) can be could effect efficiency.
Businesses  that only sell services, do not need to pay cash for inventory or can convert goods into sales quickly will need lower level of working capital.
In those cases, this ratio will be higher.
Hence an industry matters in determining the optimum level of ratio for which a useful comparision can be made.

Saad fajene
by Saad fajene , financial project manager , Mercedes Benz Bank

there are alot of benefit for caculate the working capital ,because this measuring will let the company knows the perecntage of the profit that will come back to the item of working cabital ,what I mean this ration will let you know ,the channel of spend your prfit ,may you spend your profit wrong way "by fixed assets and this is not help you to get the target of company " that is mean this ration will help you also for evaulate the managment dession of the company

surendra   mylvaganam
by surendra mylvaganam , Executive , Emirates Palace Hotel

in some companies, it's confidential

mohamed osman
by mohamed osman , Customer Relationship Deputy Manager &Senior corporate finance , bank misr

this ratio is calculated by  devide the net profit on working capital and it indicate to ffectiveness in using working capital

Mohammad Iqbal Abubaker
by Mohammad Iqbal Abubaker , Jahaca Pty Ltd - Accounts Administrator , Jahaca Pty Ltd - Accounts Administrator

The working capital turnover ratio is also referred to as net sales to working capital. It indicates a company's effectiveness in using its working capital.

 

The working capital turnover ratio is calculated as follows: net annual sales divided by the average amount of working capital during the same month period.

 

For example, if a company's net sales for a recent year were $2,, and its average amount of working capital during the year was $,, its working capital turnover ratio was6 ($2,, divided by $,).

 

Working capital is defined as the total amount of current assets minus the total amount of current liabilities. As indicated above, you should use the average amount of working capital for the year of the net sales.

 

As with most financial ratios, you should compare the working capital turnover ratio to other companies in the same industry and to the same company's past and planned working capital turnover ratio.

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