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Summit Therapeutics (LSE:SUMM) Cash Ratio : 6.68 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Summit Therapeutics 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. Summit Therapeutics's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 6.68.

Summit Therapeutics has a Cash Ratio of 6.68. 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 Summit Therapeutics's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SUMM' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 2.98   Max: 9.13
Current: 9.13

During the past 13 years, Summit Therapeutics's highest Cash Ratio was 9.13. The lowest was 0.87. And the median was 2.98.

LSE:SUMM's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
81.31% of 1525 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 2.9 vs LSE:SUMM: 9.13

Summit Therapeutics Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Summit Therapeutics'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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Summit Therapeutics Cash Ratio Chart

Summit Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.05 3.34 2.80 8.99 9.13

Summit Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 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 13.87 18.02 1.75 9.13 6.68

Competitive Comparison of Summit Therapeutics's Cash Ratio

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Summit Therapeutics'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.


Summit Therapeutics's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Summit Therapeutics's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Summit Therapeutics Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Summit Therapeutics'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
=147.131/16.12
=9.13

Summit Therapeutics'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
=123.307/18.446
=6.68

* 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.


Summit Therapeutics  (LSE:SUMM) 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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Summit Therapeutics (LSE:SUMM) Business Description

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Address
2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 106, Menlo Park, CA, USA, 94025
Summit Therapeutics Inc is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel antibiotics for serious infectious diseases. Its lead CDI (Clostridiodes difficile infection) product candidate is ridinilazole, an orally administered small molecule antibiotic. It has two geographical segments: the United States and the United Kingdom.

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