State the Working capital turnover ratio

 Meaning: this ratio establishes a relation ship among net sales and working capital.

Working capital turnover ratio shows the velocity of the utilization of net working capital. This ratio shows the number of times the working capital is turnover in the course of a year. This ratio calculates the efficiency with which the working capital is being used by a firm.

The components of this ratio are as under:

Net sales

Working capital

Computation: this ratio is computed by dividing the net sales by the working capital. This ratio is usually expressed as x number of times. In the form of a formula this ratio may be expressed as under:

Working capital turnover ratio=net sales /working capital

Net sales= gross sales -sales return

Interpretation: it shows the firm ability to generate sales per rupee of working capital. In general higher the ratio the more able the management and utilization of working capital and vice versa.