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Genesee & Wyoming (Genesee & Wyoming) Cash Ratio : 0.15 (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is Genesee & Wyoming Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 0.15.

Genesee & Wyoming has a Cash Ratio of 0.15. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GWR's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 0.545
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Genesee & Wyoming Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Genesee & Wyoming Cash Ratio Chart

Genesee & Wyoming Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.13 0.07 0.07 0.17 0.19

Genesee & Wyoming Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.16 0.19 0.13 0.14 0.15

Competitive Comparison of Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio falls into.



Genesee & Wyoming Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=90.387/481.653
=0.19

Genesee & Wyoming's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2019 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=86.912/563.243
=0.15

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Genesee & Wyoming  (NYSE:GWR) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Genesee & Wyoming (Genesee & Wyoming) Business Description

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Address
20 West Avenue, Darien, CT, USA, 06820
Genesee & Wyoming manages one of the largest portfolios of short-line/regional freight railroads in North America. About 58% of revenue comes from its core North American short-line business, while its rail lines in Australia make up 14%. Roughly 28% comes from its Europe/U.K. division, which includes its European heavy haul and intermodal operations (Freightliner) that were acquired in early 2015.
Executives
Albert J Neupaver director
Hunter C Smith director C/O GENESEE & WYOMING INC., 20 WEST AVENUE, DARIEN CT 06820
Richard Harold Bott director 34 ISLAND DRIVE, RYE NY 10580
J H Pyne director
Oivind Lorentzen director C/O SEACOR SMIT, INC., 460 PARK AVENUE 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Mark A Scudder director 411 S. 13TH STREET, SUITE 200, LINCOLN NE 68508
Cynthia Lynn Hostetler director C/O EDGEN MURRAY CORPORATION, 18444 HIGHLAND ROAD, BATON ROUGE LA 70809
Ann N Reese director C/O GENESEE & WYOMING INC., 66 FIELD POINT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06901
David A Brown officer: Chief Operating Officer GENESEE & WYOMING INC., 66 FIELD POINT ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
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Robert M Melzer director 61 MONMOUTH ST., ., BROOKLINE MA 02446-5605
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