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SThree (LSE:STEM) Cash Ratio : 0.36 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is SThree 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. SThree's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 0.36.

SThree has a Cash Ratio of 0.36. 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 SThree's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:STEM' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08   Med: 0.19   Max: 0.36
Current: 0.36

During the past 13 years, SThree's highest Cash Ratio was 0.36. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.19.

LSE:STEM's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
63.15% of 1053 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.56 vs LSE:STEM: 0.36

SThree Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for SThree'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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SThree Cash Ratio Chart

SThree Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.08 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.36

SThree Semi-Annual Data
May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 0.26 0.21 0.27 0.34 0.36

Competitive Comparison of SThree's Cash Ratio

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, SThree'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.


SThree's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SThree's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SThree's Cash Ratio falls into.



SThree Cash Ratio Calculation

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

SThree's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Nov. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=83.202/229.548
=0.36

SThree's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Nov. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=83.202/229.548
=0.36

* 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.


SThree  (LSE:STEM) 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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SThree (LSE:STEM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
75 King William Street, 1st Floor, London, GBR, EC4N 7BE
SThree PLC is involved in the staffing business. It provides contract and permanent recruitment services. The company operates in information and communication, engineering, energy, life sciences, banking, and finance sectors. It provides its service through various brands such as computer future, progressive, Huxley, real, orgtel, jpgray, Newington international and enterprise partners. The company operates in the UK, Ireland, Continental Europe, America, Asia Pacific and the Middle east.

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