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MEC Co (TSE:4971) Cash Ratio : 2.60 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is MEC 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. MEC Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.60.

MEC Co has a Cash Ratio of 2.60. 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 MEC Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:4971' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 1.86   Max: 3.4
Current: 2.6

During the past 13 years, MEC Co's highest Cash Ratio was 3.40. The lowest was 1.29. And the median was 1.86.

TSE:4971's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
87.48% of 1510 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.54 vs TSE:4971: 2.60

MEC Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for MEC 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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MEC Co Cash Ratio Chart

MEC Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.41 1.58 1.89 2.65 3.05

MEC 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 2.90 3.14 3.11 3.05 2.60

Competitive Comparison of MEC Co's Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, MEC 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.


MEC Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, MEC Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



MEC 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.

MEC 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
=8755.863/2872.195
=3.05

MEC 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
=9231.822/3548.025
=2.60

* 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.


MEC Co  (TSE:4971) 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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MEC Co (TSE:4971) Business Description

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Address
3-4-1, Kuise Minamishimmachi, Hyogo, Amagasaki, JPN, 660-0822
MEC Co Ltd is a Japan-based chemical manufacturer. The company mainly develops, manufactures, and sells chemicals to produce printed circuit boards. Products offered by the company include dry film pretreatment, solar mask pretreatment, microetching, metal resist stripping, among others. Its products are used in automobile, smartphone, and computer. MEC also serves customers in Continental Asia, Europe, America's, India, The Middle-East, and North-Africa.

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