Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a retailer. 

Analyze the firm's short-term liquidity and operating efficiency as of January 31, 2014, using the ratios and information provided.

Financial ratios for the years ended 31 January,	2014	2013
Liquidity
Valid (once)	0.88	0.83
fast (times)	0.24	0.22
Cash flow liquidity (times)	0.44	0.46
Average collection time	6 days	6 days
Number of days the inventory is kept	46 days	46 days
Number of days payable	38 days	40 days
Cash conversion cycle	14 days	12 days
Activity
Fixed asset turnover (times)	4.10	4.09
Total asset turnover (times)	2.31	2.29
Other informations
Cash flow from operations (in millions of dollars)	23.257	25.591
Revenues (in millions)	473.076	465.604

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To analyze WalMarts shortterm liquidity and operating efficiency as of January 31 2014 we will use the provided financial ratios and information 1 Liquidity a Current Ratio Current Ratio Current Asset... View the full answer