URS (FRA:URS) Current Ratio : 1.85 (As of Jun. 2014)

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What is URS Current Ratio?

The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. URS's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 1.85.

URS has a current ratio of 1.85. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

The historical rank and industry rank for URS's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:URS' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38 Med: 1.9 Max: 2.74
Current: 1.85

During the past 13 years, URS's highest Current Ratio was 2.74. The lowest was 1.38. And the median was 1.90.

FRA:URS's Current Ratio is not ranked
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 1.56 vs FRA:URS: 1.85

URS Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for URS's Current Ratio can be seen below:

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URS Current Ratio Chart

URS Annual Data

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1.88

1.83

1.67

1.76

1.84

URS Quarterly Data
	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14
Current Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.89	1.92	1.84	2.01	1.85

Competitive Comparison of URS's Current Ratio

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, URS's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

URS's Current Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, URS's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where URS's Current Ratio falls into.

URS Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

URS's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2013 )	=	Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2013 )	/	Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2013 )
	=	2475.211	/	1342.178
	=	1.84

URS's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Jun. 2014 )	=	Total Current Assets (Q: Jun. 2014 )	/	Total Current Liabilities (Q: Jun. 2014 )
	=	2477.376	/	1335.84
	=	1.85

URS (FRA:URS) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.

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URS (FRA:URS) Business Description

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URS Corporation was originally incorporated in California on May 1, 1957 under the former name of Broadview Research Corporation. On May 18, 1976, it re-incorporated in Delaware under the name URS Corporation. After several additional name changes, it re-adopted the name 'URS Corporation' on February 21, 1990. The Company is an international provider of engineering, construction and technical services. It offers a range of program management, planning, design, engineering, construction and construction management, operations and maintenance, and decommissioning and closure services to public agencies and private sector clients around the world. It is also a U.S. federal government contractor in the areas of systems engineering and technical assistance, and operations and maintenance. The Company expertise is focused in four market sectors: power, infrastructure, federal, and industrial and commercial. Within these markets, it offers a broad range of services, including program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; IT services; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In the power sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. It provides these services to utilities, industrial co-generators, independent power producers, original equipment manufacturers and government utilities. In the infrastructure sector, the Company plans, designs, engineers, constructs, retrofits and maintains a wide range of power-generating facilities, as well as the systems that transmit and distribute electricity. Its services include planning, siting and licensing, permitting, engineering, procurement, construction and construction management, facility start-up, operations and maintenance, upgrades and modifications, and decommissioning and closure. As a contractor to the U.S. federal government and national governments of other countries, it serves a wide variety of government departments and agencies, including the DOD, DHS, Department of Energy, as well as the General Services Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and other federal agencies. The Company's services range from program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; and IT services to construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure. In industrial and commercial sector it provides a wide range of engineering, procurement and construction services for new industrial and commercial

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