Silver Bay Realty Trust has a Cash Ratio of 1.58. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.
The historical rank and industry rank for Silver Bay Realty Trust's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SBY's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 0.435 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.
Silver Bay Realty Trust 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 Silver Bay Realty Trust's Cash Ratio
For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Silver Bay Realty Trust'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.
Silver Bay Realty Trust's Cash Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Silver Bay Realty Trust's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Silver Bay Realty Trust's Cash Ratio falls into.
Silver Bay Realty Trust Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Silver Bay Realty Trust's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 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.
Silver Bay Realty Trust (NYSE:SBY) 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.
Silver Bay Realty Trust Cash Ratio Related Terms
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Silver Bay Realty Trust (Silver Bay Realty Trust) Business Description
Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp was incorporated in Maryland in June 2012. The Company is engaged in acquisition, renovation, leasing, and management of single-family properties in select markets in the United States. As of December 31, 2013, the company owned 5,642 single-family properties in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas, excluding properties held for sale. The Company conducts its business and owns all of its properties through Silver Bay Operating Partnership L.P., or the Operating Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership. acquire single-family properties through a variety of acquisition channels, including brokers, multiple listing services, short sales, foreclosure auctions, online auctions, and bulk purchases from institutions or investor groups. The Company face competition from individual investors, private pools of capital and other institutional buyers which may increase the prices for properties that they would like to purchase and reduce its ability to achieve its desired portfolio size or expected yields. They also compete for desirable residents against the same entities as well as multifamily lessors. The Company's properties are subject to various covenants, laws, and ordinances, and certain of its properties are also subject to the rules of the various homeowners' associations where such properties are located.
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