You have received $1,000,000 from an insurance policy that matured. You would like to invest some of that money in either Sagicor investments or Accesss limited- two companies that you believe are doing well financially. You decided to analyze the financial statements of the companies to help you decide which one is performing better. You discovered the following                               Sagicor              Access Current ratio          3:1                     2:3:1 Quick ratio             1:5:1                   1:1:2 Debtor collection  35 days            30 days Period  Creditors payment 40 days          25 days Period  Inventory turnover  8 times            9 times Net income            15

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You have received $1,000,000 from an insurance policy that matured. You would like to invest some of that money in either Sagicor investments or Accesss limited- two companies that you believe are doing well financially. You decided to analyze the financial statements of the companies to help you decide which one is performing better. You discovered the following

                              Sagicor              Access

Current ratio          3:1                     2:3:1

Quick ratio             1:5:1                   1:1:2
Debtor collection  35 days            30 days
Period 
Creditors payment 40 days          25 days
Period 
Inventory turnover  8 times            9 times

Net income            15%                         11%

percentage

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