Multiple Choice When making comparisons across companies, it's far easier to express the relationship as a ratio. The current ratio is used to evaluate a company's ability to pay current obligations. Having more current assets than current liabilities will yield a current ratio less than 1.0. A high current ratio suggests good liquidity.
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