Nexeo Solutions has a Cash Ratio of 0.13. 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 Nexeo Solutions's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NXEO's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 0.54 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.
Nexeo Solutions Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Nexeo Solutions'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.
Competitive Comparison of Nexeo Solutions's Cash Ratio
For the Chemicals subindustry, Nexeo Solutions'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.
Nexeo Solutions's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nexeo Solutions's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nexeo Solutions's Cash Ratio falls into.
Nexeo Solutions Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Nexeo Solutions's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as:
* 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.
Nexeo Solutions (NAS:NXEO) 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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Nexeo Solutions (Nexeo Solutions) Business Description
Nexeo Solutions Inc distributes chemicals and plastic products across North America and Asia. The company operates its business through three segments that are; Chemicals, Plastics, and Environmental Services. The firm through its operating segments distributes specialty and industrial chemicals, additives and solvents to industrial users, commodity polymer products and prime engineering resins to companies engaged in plastics processing. Nexeo also provides its customers with on-site and off-site hazardous and non-hazardous waste collection, recovery and arrangement for disposal services or recycling. It generates the majority of the revenues from the sale of chemicals and plastic materials.
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