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  2. Cash conversion cycle - Wikipedia

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    e. In management accounting, the Cash conversion cycle (CCC) measures how long a firm will be deprived of cash if it increases its investment in inventory in order to expand customer sales. [1] It is thus a measure of the liquidity risk entailed by growth. [2] However, shortening the CCC creates its own risks: while a firm could even achieve a ...

  3. Working capital - Wikipedia

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    The working capital cycle (WCC), also known as the cash conversion cycle, is the amount of time it takes to turn the net current assets and current liabilities into cash. The longer this cycle, the longer a business is tying up capital in its working capital without earning a return on it.

  4. Free cash flow - Wikipedia

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    For example, a rapidly growing manufacturer with a positive cash conversion cycle will need to outlay cash to purchase inventory for profitable orders that it takes. The business can show a positive net income but have very negative cash flows as the cash gets stuck in the working capital cycle, namely inventory and accounts receivable.

  5. Corporate finance - Wikipedia

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    The most widely used measure of cash flow is the net operating cycle, or cash conversion cycle. This represents the time difference between cash payment for raw materials and cash collection for sales. The cash conversion cycle indicates the firm's ability to convert its resources into cash.

  6. Is NVE's Cash Machine Fast Enough? - AOL

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    To calculate the cash conversion cycle, add days inventory outstanding to days sales outstanding, then subtract days payable outstanding. Like golf, the lower your score here, the better.

  7. Inventory turnover - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In accounting, the inventory turnover is a measure of the number of times inventory is sold or used in a time period such as a year. It is calculated to see if a business has an excessive inventory in comparison to its sales level. The equation for inventory turnover equals the cost of goods sold divided by the average inventory.

  8. Cash flow - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Cash flow, in general, refers to payments made into or out of a business, project, or financial product. [1] It can also refer more specifically to a real or virtual movement of money. Cash flow, in its narrow sense, is a payment (in a currency), especially from one central bank account to another. The term 'cash flow' is mostly used to ...

  9. Economic value added - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In accounting, as part of financial statements analysis, economic value added is an estimate of a firm's economic profit, or the value created in excess of the required return of the company's shareholders. EVA is the net profit less the capital charge ($) for raising the firm's capital. The idea is that value is created when the ...