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Harvest Technology (MAL:HRV) Cash Ratio : 0.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Harvest Technology 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. Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.45.

Harvest Technology has a Cash Ratio of 0.45. 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 Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MAL:HRV' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28   Med: 0.38   Max: 0.45
Current: 0.45

During the past 5 years, Harvest Technology's highest Cash Ratio was 0.45. The lowest was 0.28. And the median was 0.38.

MAL:HRV's Cash Ratio is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.76 vs MAL:HRV: 0.45

Harvest Technology Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harvest Technology'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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Harvest Technology Cash Ratio Chart

Harvest Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
0.28 0.38 0.36 0.38 0.45

Harvest Technology Semi-Annual Data
Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.36 0.62 0.38 0.71 0.45

Competitive Comparison of Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Harvest Technology'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.


Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Harvest Technology Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2.614/5.824
=0.45

Harvest Technology's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2.614/5.824
=0.45

* 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.


Harvest Technology  (MAL:HRV) 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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Harvest Technology (MAL:HRV) Business Description

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Address
Valletta Road, Nineteen Twenty Three, Marsa, MLT, MRS 3000
Harvest Technology PLC is an investment and holding company. It provides delivery of business solutions and technology (including integrated and automated solutions) and payment solutions and related services. The company's portfolio consists of entities delivering systems engineering, security solutions, e-commerce platforms, electronic payments solutions, networking and system maintenance, automation products, product development and IT outsourcing. The Group operates two business activities which are the sale of payment processing services and the provision of IT solutions and security systems.

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