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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. Staples's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 was 0.36.
Staples has a Cash Ratio of 0.36. 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 Staples's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
The historical data trend for Staples'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.
Staples Annual Data | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trend | Jan08 | Jan09 | Jan10 | Jan11 | Jan12 | Jan13 | Jan14 | Jan15 | Jan16 | Jan17 | |||||||||||
Cash Ratio | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 0.30 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.31 |
Staples Quarterly Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Oct12 | Jan13 | Apr13 | Jul13 | Oct13 | Jan14 | Apr14 | Jul14 | Oct14 | Jan15 | Apr15 | Jul15 | Oct15 | Jan16 | Apr16 | Jul16 | Oct16 | Jan17 | Apr17 | Jul17 | |
Cash Ratio | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.40 | 0.36 |
For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Staples'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.
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Staples's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Staples's Cash Ratio falls into.
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Staples's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as:
Cash Ratio (A: Jan. 2017 ) | = | Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | / | Total Current Liabilities |
= | 1137 | / | 3650 | |
= | 0.31 |
Staples's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 is calculated as:
Cash Ratio (Q: Jul. 2017 ) | = | Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities | / | Total Current Liabilities |
= | 1199 | / | 3316 | |
= | 0.36 |
* 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.
Staples (NAS:SPLS) 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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