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Working Capital Turnover Ratio:

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Definition and Explanation:

Working capital turnover ratio establishes relationship between cost of sales and net working capital. As working capital has direct and close relationship with cost of goods sold, therefore, the ratio provides useful idea of how efficiently or actively working capital is being used.

Interpretation of this ratio should be done when inter-firm or inter-period comparison is being done. Increasing ratio indicates that working capital is more active; it is supporting, comparatively, higher level of production and sales; it is being used more intensively.

Formula:

Working capital turnover ratio =  Cost of sales / Average net working capital

Where,

cost of sales = Opening stock + Net purchases + Direct expends - Closing stock

Net working capital = Current assets - Current liabilities

Average of networking capital is calculated, as usual, opening + closing dividing by 2. However, if the information regarding cost of sales and opening balance of networking capital is not available then the formulae should be substituted as:

Net sales / Net working capital


Example:

From the summarized balance sheet given below of a company calculate working capital turnover ratio.

  2000 2001
  $ $
Equity 1,24,000 1,22,000
Long term loans 1,10,000 80,000
Current liabilities 74,000 1,38,000
 

  3,08,000 3,40,000
 

Fixed assets 2,08,000 1,98,000
Current assets 1,00,000 1,42,000
 

  3,08,000 3,40,000
 

Your are informed that sales (net) during 2000 and 2001 amounted to $6,00,000 and $5,00,000 respectively and Gross profit for the two years was $80,400 and $60,801 respectively.

Working Notes:

 Ascertaining cost of sales: 2000 2001
  $ $
  6,00,000 5,500,000
Loss gross profit 80,4000 60,8000
Cost of sales

  5,19,600 4,39,200
 

Ascertaining networking capital: 2000 2001
  $ $
  1,00,000 1,42,000
Current assets 1,00,000 1,42,000
Less current liabilities 74,000 1,38,000
 

Net working capital 26,000 4,000
 

Average networking capital cannot be calculated for the year 2000 because opening figure is not available. Hence we shall use closing balance.

Average networking capital for the year (2001)

(Opening + Closing) / 2

= (26,000 + 4,000) / 2

= 30,000 / 2

= $15,000

Working capital turnover ratio (2000)

= Cost of sales / Net working capital

= 5,19,000 / 26,000

20 times (app.)

Working capital turnover ratio (2001)

= Cost of sales / Average networking capital

= 4,39,200 / 15,000

= 29 times (approx.)

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Current Ratio
Quick/Acid Test/Liquid Ratio
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Debtors / Receivable Turnover Ratio
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Expense ratio
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Debts to Total Funds or Solvency Ratio
Reserves to Capital Ratio
Capital Gearing Ratio
Proprietary Ratio
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