Working capital Finance
Definition
Short definition is Current assets minus Current liabilities. Working capital is the cash required to fund business operations from purchasing raw materials to produce goods to getting paid by customers.
Comments
When conducting due diligence on a prospective transaction, private equity firms will often ask management to prepare a working capital analysis to better understand the business' cash needs at the time of closing.
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