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Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co (SHSE:600635) Cash Ratio : 0.40 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co 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. Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.40.

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.40. 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 Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:600635' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 0.41   Max: 0.68
Current: 0.4

During the past 13 years, Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's highest Cash Ratio was 0.68. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 0.41.

SHSE:600635's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
59.92% of 494 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.3 vs SHSE:600635: 0.40

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co'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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Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co Cash Ratio Chart

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.38 0.31 0.31 0.34 0.39

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.48 0.37 0.40 0.39 0.40

Competitive Comparison of Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co'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.


Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co'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
=3333.268/8513.028
=0.39

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3290.65/8180.515
=0.40

* 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.


Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co  (SHSE:600635) 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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Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co (SHSE:600635) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1515 Zhongshan West Road, 8th Floor, Dazhong Building, Shanghai, CHN, 200235
Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group Co Ltd is engaged in the gas sector. The company has six reportable segments: Piped gas supply, Wastewater treatment, Public infrastructure projects, Investments, Transportation services, and Financial Services. It generates a vast majority of revenues from the piped gas supply segment. Geographically, it derives all of its revenue from China.
Executives
Yang Guo Ping Director
Yang Ji Cai Director
Liang Jia Wei senior management
Yu Min Supervisors
Zhuang Jian Hao Director
Cao Yong Qin Supervisors
Zhong Jin Xing Director
Chen Jing Feng Director
Jin Sheng Li Director
Zhuang Zi Guo Director
Kong Wei Director
Gu Yi Tao Supervisors
Guo Dong Xing senior management

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