The Impact of the Crisis on Net Working Capital and Quick Ratio at Top Czech Enterprises

摘要

This article deals with the results of statistical analysis of liquidity and working capital of the largest Czech companies for the years 2006 up to 2010. The companies were selected according to the Czech Top 100 ranking for the year 2011 (the 100 largest non-financial companies by the total annual sales). The aim is to determine to what extent profitability results worsened during the peak of the economic crisis in the largest companies in comparison with average values for all non-financial companies in the country. At the same time, the development of variability of selected indicators was evaluated.