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Working capital — current assets minus current liabilities — measures whether a business has enough short-term resources to cover its short-term obligations. It's closely related to the Current Ratio, but expressed as a dollar amount rather than a ratio.
This calculator finds your working capital from your current assets and current liabilities.
How it works
Enter your current assets and current liabilities. The tool subtracts the two to find working capital, and flags whether the result is positive or negative.
- Enter current assets ($).
- Enter current liabilities ($).
- Click Calculate to see your results.
Examples
A healthy working capital position
$150,000 in current assets and $75,000 in current liabilities gives $75,000 in positive working capital.
Who should use it
- Assessing a business's short-term financial health from its balance sheet.
- Tracking working capital trends over multiple periods.
Industry applications
- Financial analysis and accounting
- Small business and corporate finance
Advantages
- Simple, direct measure of short-term financial health.
- Easy to calculate from numbers already on a balance sheet.
Limitations
- A dollar amount alone doesn't show scale — $10,000 in working capital means very different things for a small business versus a large corporation.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Including long-term assets or liabilities in the calculation — working capital specifically uses only current (short-term, within one year) items.
- Treating negative working capital as automatically alarming without considering the specific business model and industry.
Best practices
- Track working capital over time (not just as a single snapshot) to spot trends in short-term financial health.
Tips
- Pair this with the Current Ratio Calculator to see the same relationship expressed both as a dollar amount and as a ratio.