Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Yahoo! Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31).
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Yahoo! Inc. current ratio improved from Q3 2016 to Q4 2016 and from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. |
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Yahoo! Inc. quick ratio improved from Q3 2016 to Q4 2016 and from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. |
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Yahoo! Inc. cash ratio improved from Q3 2016 to Q4 2016 and from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. |
Current Ratio
Yahoo! Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2017 | Dec 31, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | Mar 31, 2016 | Dec 31, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | Dec 31, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Jun 30, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Dec 31, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 | Jun 30, 2013 | Mar 31, 2013 | Dec 31, 2012 | Sep 30, 2012 | Jun 30, 2012 | Mar 31, 2012 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 8,027,724) | 8,126,160) | 7,790,956) | 7,597,001) | 7,224,224) | 7,507,319) | 7,596,073) | 7,580,932) | 7,022,647) | 9,699,107) | 12,579,507) | 4,157,749) | 4,481,874) | 5,025,857) | 3,566,223) | 4,458,302) | 4,601,022) | 5,652,713) | 9,685,779) | 3,270,298) | 3,482,797) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 1,167,911) | 1,287,424) | 1,268,440) | 1,276,507) | 1,158,010) | 1,277,380) | 1,348,833) | 1,406,684) | 1,398,399) | 4,528,581) | 4,377,961) | 1,193,786) | 1,194,875) | 1,340,312) | 1,193,123) | 1,178,113) | 1,139,085) | 1,290,232) | 3,506,282) | 1,077,145) | 1,070,357) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio1 | 6.87 | 6.31 | 6.14 | 5.95 | 6.24 | 5.88 | 5.63 | 5.39 | 5.02 | 2.14 | 2.87 | 3.48 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 2.99 | 3.78 | 4.04 | 4.38 | 2.76 | 3.04 | 3.25 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31).
1 Q1 2017 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 8,027,724 ÷ 1,167,911 = 6.87
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Yahoo! Inc. current ratio improved from Q3 2016 to Q4 2016 and from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. |
Quick Ratio
Yahoo! Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2017 | Dec 31, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | Mar 31, 2016 | Dec 31, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | Dec 31, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Jun 30, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Dec 31, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 | Jun 30, 2013 | Mar 31, 2013 | Dec 31, 2012 | Sep 30, 2012 | Jun 30, 2012 | Mar 31, 2012 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,328,913) | 1,119,469) | 1,411,308) | 1,325,404) | 1,479,604) | 1,631,911) | 1,281,160) | 1,188,169) | 1,174,657) | 2,667,916) | 10,345,285) | 1,114,586) | 1,198,016) | 2,077,590) | 842,428) | 1,142,223) | 1,174,633) | 2,667,778) | 7,560,400) | 1,539,269) | 1,719,968) | |||||||
| Short-term marketable securities | 5,582,149) | 5,700,925) | 5,189,207) | 5,055,683) | 4,497,046) | 4,225,112) | 4,600,889) | 4,636,152) | 4,109,789) | 5,327,412) | 848,558) | 1,629,869) | 1,741,494) | 1,330,304) | 987,870) | 1,486,591) | 1,838,527) | 1,516,175) | 852,816) | 371,204) | 489,912) | |||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 940,311) | 1,084,267) | 945,659) | 991,185) | 878,135) | 1,047,504) | 980,301) | 985,105) | 924,411) | 1,032,704) | 831,393) | 824,472) | 879,992) | 979,559) | 844,118) | 941,811) | 943,658) | 1,008,448) | 953,671) | 1,040,893) | 941,590) | |||||||
| Total quick assets | 7,851,373) | 7,904,661) | 7,546,174) | 7,372,272) | 6,854,785) | 6,904,527) | 6,862,350) | 6,809,426) | 6,208,857) | 9,028,032) | 12,025,236) | 3,568,927) | 3,819,502) | 4,387,453) | 2,674,416) | 3,570,625) | 3,956,818) | 5,192,401) | 9,366,887) | 2,951,366) | 3,151,470) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 1,167,911) | 1,287,424) | 1,268,440) | 1,276,507) | 1,158,010) | 1,277,380) | 1,348,833) | 1,406,684) | 1,398,399) | 4,528,581) | 4,377,961) | 1,193,786) | 1,194,875) | 1,340,312) | 1,193,123) | 1,178,113) | 1,139,085) | 1,290,232) | 3,506,282) | 1,077,145) | 1,070,357) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick ratio1 | 6.72 | 6.14 | 5.95 | 5.78 | 5.92 | 5.41 | 5.09 | 4.84 | 4.44 | 1.99 | 2.75 | 2.99 | 3.20 | 3.27 | 2.24 | 3.03 | 3.47 | 4.02 | 2.67 | 2.74 | 2.94 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31).
1 Q1 2017 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 7,851,373 ÷ 1,167,911 = 6.72
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Yahoo! Inc. quick ratio improved from Q3 2016 to Q4 2016 and from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. |
Cash Ratio
Yahoo! Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Mar 31, 2017 | Dec 31, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Jun 30, 2016 | Mar 31, 2016 | Dec 31, 2015 | Sep 30, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | Mar 31, 2015 | Dec 31, 2014 | Sep 30, 2014 | Jun 30, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Dec 31, 2013 | Sep 30, 2013 | Jun 30, 2013 | Mar 31, 2013 | Dec 31, 2012 | Sep 30, 2012 | Jun 30, 2012 | Mar 31, 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,328,913) | 1,119,469) | 1,411,308) | 1,325,404) | 1,479,604) | 1,631,911) | 1,281,160) | 1,188,169) | 1,174,657) | 2,667,916) | 10,345,285) | 1,114,586) | 1,198,016) | 2,077,590) | 842,428) | 1,142,223) | 1,174,633) | 2,667,778) | 7,560,400) | 1,539,269) | 1,719,968) | |||||||
| Short-term marketable securities | 5,582,149) | 5,700,925) | 5,189,207) | 5,055,683) | 4,497,046) | 4,225,112) | 4,600,889) | 4,636,152) | 4,109,789) | 5,327,412) | 848,558) | 1,629,869) | 1,741,494) | 1,330,304) | 987,870) | 1,486,591) | 1,838,527) | 1,516,175) | 852,816) | 371,204) | 489,912) | |||||||
| Total cash assets | 6,911,062) | 6,820,394) | 6,600,515) | 6,381,087) | 5,976,650) | 5,857,023) | 5,882,049) | 5,824,321) | 5,284,446) | 7,995,328) | 11,193,843) | 2,744,455) | 2,939,510) | 3,407,894) | 1,830,298) | 2,628,814) | 3,013,160) | 4,183,953) | 8,413,216) | 1,910,473) | 2,209,880) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 1,167,911) | 1,287,424) | 1,268,440) | 1,276,507) | 1,158,010) | 1,277,380) | 1,348,833) | 1,406,684) | 1,398,399) | 4,528,581) | 4,377,961) | 1,193,786) | 1,194,875) | 1,340,312) | 1,193,123) | 1,178,113) | 1,139,085) | 1,290,232) | 3,506,282) | 1,077,145) | 1,070,357) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash ratio1 | 5.92 | 5.30 | 5.20 | 5.00 | 5.16 | 4.59 | 4.36 | 4.14 | 3.78 | 1.77 | 2.56 | 2.30 | 2.46 | 2.54 | 1.53 | 2.23 | 2.65 | 3.24 | 2.40 | 1.77 | 2.06 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2016-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31).
1 Q1 2017 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 6,911,062 ÷ 1,167,911 = 5.92
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Yahoo! Inc. cash ratio improved from Q3 2016 to Q4 2016 and from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017. |