Below are the three companies in the Electronic Equipment & Instruments 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.

Research Frontiers ranks highest with a a current ratio of 28.1. Electro-Sensors is next with a a current ratio of 18.2. Image Sensing Systems ranks third highest with a a current ratio of 7.1.

Digital Ally follows with a a current ratio of 6.3, and FLIR Systems rounds out the top five with a a current ratio of 6.1.

SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Research Frontiers on October 26th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $4.26. Since that call, shares of Research Frontiers have fallen 21.3%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time.