Natural Gas Services Group has a Cash Ratio of 0.08. 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 Natural Gas Services Group's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NGS'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08 Med: 2.38 Max: 9.86
Current: 0.08
During the past 13 years, Natural Gas Services Group's highest Cash Ratio was 9.86. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 2.38.
NGS's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than 83.14% of 1026
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.4
vs NGS: 0.08
Natural Gas Services Group Cash Ratio Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Natural Gas Services Group's Cash Ratio
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Natural Gas Services Group'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.
Natural Gas Services Group's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Natural Gas Services Group's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Natural Gas Services Group's Cash Ratio falls into.
Natural Gas Services Group Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
* 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.
Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) 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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Natural Gas Services Group (Natural Gas Services Group) Business Description
Natural Gas Services Group Inc provides natural gas compression equipment and services to the energy industry. The company manufacture, fabricate, rent, sell and maintain natural gas compressors and flare systems for oil and natural gas production and plant facilities. Its operating units include Gas Compressor Rental, Engineered Equipment Sales, Service, and Maintenance. The company generates the majority of its revenue by renting out low- to medium-horsepower compression equipment to natural gas production companies in unconventional oil and gas regions of the United States.
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