Sierra Oncology has a Cash Ratio of 20.95. 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 Sierra Oncology's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
SRRA'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.28 Med: 13.72 Max: 41.4
Current: 20.95
During the past 9 years, Sierra Oncology's highest Cash Ratio was 41.40. The lowest was 2.28. And the median was 13.72.
SRRA's Cash Ratio is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 2.85
vs SRRA: 20.95
Sierra Oncology Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Sierra Oncology'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 Sierra Oncology's Cash Ratio
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sierra Oncology'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.
Sierra Oncology's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Sierra Oncology's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sierra Oncology's Cash Ratio falls into.
Sierra Oncology Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Sierra Oncology's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 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.
Sierra Oncology (NAS:SRRA) 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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Sierra Oncology (Sierra Oncology) Business Description
Sierra Oncology Inc is a clinical-stage drug development company. It focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of DNA Damage Response (DDR) therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer in the United States and internationally. The company's lead drug candidate is SRA737, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of Checkpoint kinase 1, which is in Phase 1 clinical trial to treat patients with advanced cancer. In addition, it also engaged in developing SRA141, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of the cell division cycle 7 kinase that is in the preclinical development stage.
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