AZN Current Ratio Analysis

The current ratio measures a company’s ability to pay short-term debts with its short-term assets; at 0.89x, AZN has less than $1 in current assets for every $1 of current liabilities due within a year.

This places it below the sector median of 1.25x and at the 25th percentile among sector peers, meaning most comparable companies hold a larger liquidity cushion. The year-over-year change is not available, and the quarter-over-quarter change is -2.2%, with the ratio slipping from 0.91x to 0.89x in the most recent period. The 8-quarter trend is also not available, so the only observable movement is this recent decline. Combining the below-median level with a falling quarterly trend points to increasing short-term liquidity risk, though the current ratio remains close to 1x. This metric contradicts a fully positive outlook but does not decisively break the NEUTRAL verdict, as it signals a specific area of weakness rather than a broad financial failure.

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