The cash conversion cycle is a key metric for startups, but one that often isn’t talked about until a business hires a CFO. Once a business established product market fit, the cash conversion cycle is ...

The cash conversion cycle (CCC) is a key measurement of small business liquidity. The cash conversion cycle is the number of days between paying for raw materials or goods to be resold and receiving ...

Second-year student Rohan Rajiv is blogging once a week about important lessons he is learning at Kellogg. Read more of his posts here. Let’s imagine a company we’ll call Nile, Inc. Nile is a ...

A company that's free of the threat of liquidation within the coming months is considered a going concern. This status plays a crucial role in a company's ability to obtain credit because lenders ...

How to analyze a company's inventory as a measure of performance. Get back to the basics with our Foolish back-to-school special! Start your journey here. Although it would take some grade-A ...

The main way a company can make more profit is to simply sell more stuff. But how do you sell more stuff? You need cash. Wall Street loves earnings and many people believe earnings drive cash to ...

A company that does a poor job of bringing in cash, even if it's selling lots of stuff, should be avoided. Although it would take some grade-A imbecility to get there, it's entirely possible under the ...