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Halows Co (TSE:2742) Cash Ratio : 0.67 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Halows 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. Halows Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 0.67.

Halows Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.67. 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 Halows Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:2742' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 0.5   Max: 0.78
Current: 0.71

During the past 13 years, Halows Co's highest Cash Ratio was 0.78. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.50.

TSE:2742's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
74.42% of 301 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.27 vs TSE:2742: 0.71

Halows Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Halows 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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Halows Co Cash Ratio Chart

Halows Co Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.54 0.78 0.63 0.73 0.71

Halows Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.73 0.71 0.71 0.67 0.71

Competitive Comparison of Halows Co's Cash Ratio

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Halows 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.


Halows Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Halows Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Halows Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Halows 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.

Halows Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Feb. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=17127/24027
=0.71

Halows Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Nov. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=16468/24733
=0.67

* 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.


Halows Co  (TSE:2742) 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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Halows Co (TSE:2742) Business Description

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Address
3270 Hayashima, Hayashima-cho, Tsukubo-gun, Okayama, JPN, 701-0393
Halows Co., Ltd. operates food supermarket chain stores in Hiroshima and Okayama Prefectures. Most of the stores are open 24 hours a day.

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