How to Use working capital in a Sentence
working capital
noun-
To go fix that stuff, so what takes up a lot of the cash is the working capital cycle.
— Eric Johnson, Recode, 26 Sep. 2018 -
The short-term working capital will be used to make the investments.
— David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Does the buyer have working capital to support the business?
— Brian Slipka, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 -
One report suggested that 31% of SMBs have up to two months of working capital, while 58% only have enough to last three to five months.
— Nick Chandi, Forbes, 28 June 2022 -
One of the biggest challenges is the working capital required.
— Catherine Kuo, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 -
The other $196 million will be used for working capital.
— Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 20 June 2024 -
Manufacturers supplied knitters with working capital in the form of yarn and paid them by the pair.
— Virginia Postrel, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021 -
The loans are similar to a loan for working capital that a business owner might seek out from a bank, but with lower rates and easier terms.
— John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018 -
Those are the largest pieces of working capital, and those are the pieces that many people in the organization can directly affect.
— Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Those funds would be used to buy equipment and furnishings, and provide working capital.
— Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2018 -
The net proceeds from the issuance of the HD Shares will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
— Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2024 -
At the beginning of the quarter, the company held a public offering of its class A common stock, with the proceeds used for working capital.
— Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023 -
For now, Netflix has plugged the increase in working capital by turning to the debt market, a move that has concerned some investors, analysts say.
— Tatyana Shumsky, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019 -
The trucker plans to use a $300 million tranche of the government loan to pay off health, pension and other obligations, and for working capital, Mr. Pierson said.
— Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 8 July 2020 -
The first is their balance sheets—working capital, reserves, endowment and debt.
— Adrian Ellis, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2020 -
Companies for years have worked on postponing the due dates on their bills to free up cash for running their businesses, or working capital.
— Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 7 June 2021 -
With a dearth of working capital, the micro and small enterprises were in no position to pay and lakhs of workers abandoned small towns and cities to return to their villages.
— Priya Dharshini, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2021 -
Even so, many suppliers were forced to dig deep into their limited reserves of working capital to stay afloat.
— Christian Lanng, Forbes, 16 June 2021 -
Airlines tend to use advance bookings as working capital -- in other words, to buy fuel.
— Julia Buckley, CNN, 5 Mar. 2022 -
As part of the transaction, Aytu also will provide Neos with up to $5 million in working capital for the period prior to the closing.
— Paul O'Donnell, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020 -
For CFOs, a key selling point of real-time payments is the ability to closely manage working capital.
— Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Since then, the stock price of Intuit had appreciated some 24%, which combined with an uptick in Credit Karma's working capital, boosted the price tag of the deal.
— Jen Wieczner, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2020 -
The funds were meant to be used as working capital or for normal operating expenses, such as rent and utilities.
— al, 25 Oct. 2021 -
After the lockdown ends, banks should be allowed to convert working capital credit of industries into loans of three to five years, to be paid in equal instalments.
— Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz India, 26 Apr. 2020 -
The bill, if passed, would allow the UW System to invest more of its working capital, including auxiliary and tuition income.
— Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2022 -
In that case, make sure your working capital ratio is between 1.2 and 2 to signify a healthy business to lending companies.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 May 2021 -
All too often, invention and agility become unwanted sources of risk for a stretched set of resources and working capital.
— Martin Taylor, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021 -
The next steps for Norwegian are to raise the necessary working capital and equity through share offerings.
— David Nikel, Forbes, 4 May 2021 -
Expertly executed by Able Made is the balance of local commitments and global dreams, which has the brand facing obstacles like securing working capital.
— Ascend Agency, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2024 -
The proceeds will fund working capital and growth initiatives including strategic hires, increased brand marketing and broadening the availability of its market-leading footwear.
— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
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