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VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Sustainability

The VUT has considered that certain Operational and Liquidity ratios best demonstrates:

Economic Sustainability:

Operational Efficiency Ratio

Compares expenses to revenue 2018 2017

A decreasing ratio is considered desirable since it generally indicates increased efficiency

Operating expense ratio = Operating Expenses Operating Expenses

Total revenue

Total revenue

= 1 572 181 565 1 419 816 154

1 480 730 923 1 294 630 107

= 1,06 1,10

Liquidity Ratio

2018 2017

The VUT considers that there are three applicable ratios that are pertinent at this time.

1) Determines the number of months the VUT could operate should all income streams dry up

Adequacy of resources = Cash + accounts receivable Cash + accounts receivable

Monthly expenses

Monthly expenses

= 778 626 175 661 559 982

131 015 130 118 318 012

= 5,9 months 5,6 months

2) Determines if the University’s current assets will be able to cover current liabilities

Current assets: Current liabilities = Current assets Current assets

Current liabilities

Current Liabilities

= 778 626 175 661 559 982

560 477 888 365 277 086

= 1,39 1,81

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