Noble Investments (UK) (LSE:NBL) Current Ratio : 2.09 (As of Feb. 2013)

Noble Investments (UK) Current Ratio Chart

Noble Investments (UK) Annual Data
	Trend	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12
Current Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					5.11	6.99	4.85	5.80	4.89

Noble Investments (UK) Semi-Annual Data
	Aug03	Feb04	Aug04	Feb05	Aug05	Feb06	Aug06	Feb07	Aug07	Feb08	Aug08	Feb09	Aug09	Feb10	Aug10	Feb11	Aug11	Feb12	Aug12	Feb13
Current Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	5.80	-	4.89	2.09

Competitive Comparison of Noble Investments (UK)'s Current Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Noble Investments (UK)'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.

Noble Investments (UK)'s Current Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Noble Investments (UK)'s Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Noble Investments (UK)'s Current Ratio falls into.

Noble Investments (UK) 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.

Noble Investments (UK)'s Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Noble Investments (UK)'s Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Noble Investments (UK)  (LSE:NBL) 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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