[February 01, 2012] Acura Pharmaceuticals has the Highest Current Ratio in the Pharmaceuticals Industry (ACUR, PVCT, VVUS, CRME, CORT) Tweet Feb 01, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Pharmaceuticals industry with the highest current ratios. Current ratio is useful to get an idea of how quickly a company can repay its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets. The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations.Acura Pharmaceuticals ranks highest with a a current ratio of 34.1. Following is Provectus Pharmaceuticals with a a current ratio of 22.2. Vivus ranks third highest with a a current ratio of 17.2. Cardiome Pharma follows with a a current ratio of 17.1, and Corcept Therapeutics rounds out the top five with a a current ratio of 17.1. SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Cardiome Pharma and will alert subscribers who have CRME in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]