Shopksa
The ratio you are referring to is called the "current asset ratio", it is meant to give an appreciation of whether a company has sufficient working capital to run its day to day business - pay suppliers, give credit to debtors, and hold stock, it depends on the industry what the ideal needs to be, but in most industries, 2 to 1, gives a lot of breathing space to a company and shows it has adequate working capital.
It does not take into account either long term assets (fixed assets) or long term liabilities / loans - there are other ratios which look at whether these are "in line".
Finally, all ratios are guides, to steer a company, and indicate issues, but should not be over prescriptive.