Liquid Net Worth Calculator

Liquid net worth, or cash that you have on hand minus the liabilities in your name, is a very important financial benchmark for a person. Use this tool to calculate your liquid net worth.

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Liquid Net Worth:

What it is

What is Liquid Net Worth?

Create Date: October 17, 2024

Last Modified Date: December 3, 2024

Liquid net worth refers to the amount of cash or cash equivalent someone has minus their total liabilities. A cash equivalent is generally referred to as anything that can easily be converted into cash; assets such as cars, houses, and other items are not part of your liquid net worth.

How to Calculate Liquid Net Worth?

Liquid net worth can be calculated with the following variables:

  • Total liquid assets

  • Total liabilities
With those values you can now use them in the following formula to calculate liquid net worth:
An image showing the formula for calculating liquid net worth.
Where:
  • LNW = Liquid net worth

  • TLA = Total liquid assets

  • TL = Total liabilities

Understanding Your Results

Your result will be a single dollar value representing your liquid net worth. A positive result indicates that you have more liquid assets than your liabilities. Alternatively, a negative result indicates you have more liabilities than liquid assets.

How to Use the Liquid Net Worth Tool

Our liquid net worth calculator tool is as simple as possible. The steps involved with using it include:

  1. Enter the total value of your liquid assets.

  2. Enter the total value of your liabilities.

  3. Hit calculate and get your liquid net worth instantly.

Example Calculation

Let's say we want to calculate our liquid net worth. We will first need to find the value of our liquid assets and then the value of our liabilities. Our liquid assets are worth a total of $124,000 and our total liabilities are currently $45,000.

Using this tool to help us, we will enter 124,000 into the first field for our assets then we will enter 45,000 into the second field for our liabilities. We can then hit calculate and get our liquid net worth to be $79,000. Being a positive net worth, our liquid assets clearly outweigh our liabilities which can be a great sign.

Liquid Net Worth - Frequently Asked Questions

No, houses and other types of real estate properties do not count towards liquid net worth since they are not considered liquid assets.

No, cars are not generally considered to be liquid assets.

A good liquid net worth for one person may not be considered a good one to another person, so it all depends on your expectations, your current situation, and other factors. Generally, it can be said that a liquid net worth that remains north of $100,000 at all times is very good.

Cash, bank account balances, and stocks or bonds are three examples of liquid assets.

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