Sentences with phrase «dividend by current liabilities»

Among these are avoiding companies with too much debt; looking for a margin of safety, such as over - 2.0 current ratio (current assets dividend by current liabilities); and seeking stocks trading at low price - earnings ratios and low price - to - book - value ratios.

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The second major protective factor is the company's fortress - like balance, specifically one marked by an enormous net cash position (enough to fund the dividend for 18 years), and one of the highest current ratios (short - term assets / short - term liabilities) in the industry, indicating the company has no problems servicing its debt or liabilities.

Those periodic special dividends are feasible because of the firm's immaculate balance sheet, which has almost no debt, relatively high cash levels (relative to the size of the company and its acquisitions), and a high current ratio (i.e. the company's short - term assets cover its short - term liabilities by more than three-fold, thus protecting it from unexpected negative financial strains, such as during recessions when demand from restaurants can lead to declining sales, earnings, and cash flow).