Nike Vs Under Armour

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In this chart in terms of liquidity Nike has a better quick ratio in the year of 2015 then Under Armour. The increase of .35 is essential given the facts on this graph. The leverage showed on the graph has an increase on Under Armours position. The leverage of the company of Nike is using more debt to finance its assets. UA is shortly behind them at 1.70. In regards to inventory turnover, Nike has been around longer than UA, so one should expect the efficiency to be higher than UA. In the years to come the numbers may even out. Shown on the graph we see the outstanding number of Nike’s 3.81 compared to 2.63 of UA. The profitably shown on the table has a big difference in comparison of the two companies. Nike being the more well known company

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