What is the difference between net working capital and net operating working capital?
Correspondingly, what is the difference between working capital and net working capital?
Working capital is sometimes used to refer only to current assets, while net working capital is defined to be the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Non-cash working capital looks at the difference between non-cash current assets and current liabilities.
Then, what is net operating working capital?
Net operating working capital (NOWC) is the excess of operating current assets over operating current liabilities. In most cases it equals cash plus accounts receivable plus inventories minus accounts payable minus accrued expenses. NOWC is an intermediate input in the calculation of free cash flow.
Because it includes cash, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable, the portion of debt due within one year, and other short-term accounts, a company's working capital reflects the results of a host of company activities, including inventory management, debt management, revenue collection, and payments to