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CP (Canadian Pacific Kansas City) Current Ratio : 0.53 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Canadian Pacific Kansas City Current Ratio?

The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.53.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a current ratio of 0.53. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Canadian Pacific Kansas City has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CP' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39   Med: 0.6   Max: 1.24
Current: 0.53

During the past 13 years, Canadian Pacific Kansas City's highest Current Ratio was 1.24. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.60.

CP's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
91.06% of 973 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs CP: 0.53

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current 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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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Current Ratio Chart

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.53 0.50 0.43 0.59 0.53

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Current 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 0.70 0.53 0.49 0.51 0.53

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio

For the Railroads subindustry, Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current 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.


Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio falls into.



Canadian Pacific Kansas City Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=2237.627/4256.112
=0.53

Canadian Pacific Kansas City's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=2267.828/4280.23
=0.53

* 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.


Canadian Pacific Kansas City  (NYSE:CP) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Business Description

Address
7550 Ogden Dale Road SouthEast, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2C 4X9
Canadian Pacific Kansas City is a Class-1 railroad operating on track that spans across most of Canada and into parts of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States. Following the April 2023 Kansas City Southern merger, CP operates new single-line-haul services from Canada and the Upper Midwest down through Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, and into Mexico. It also hauls cross border and intra Mexico freight via operating concessions on roughly 3,300 miles of rail in Mexico. CP hauls shipments of grain, intermodal containers, energy products (like crude and frac sand), chemicals, plastics, coal, fertilizer and potash, automotive products, and a diverse mix of other merchandise.
Executives
John Kenneth Brooks officer: SVP & Chief Marketing Officer 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Mike Foran officer: VP Network Transportation 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Clements James Dominic Luther officer: VP Planning & Transportation 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Mark Kenneth Wallace officer: VP Corp Affrs & Chief of Staff 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
E Hunter Harrison director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 2708 SHELTINGHAM, WELLINGTON FL 33414
Trafton Gordon T. Ii director 2632 SUTTON CIRCLE, NAPERVILLE IL 60564
Ubavka Rebecca Macdonald director 130 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO A6 M5X 1E1
Jane L Peverett director 1489 MARINE DRIVE, SUITE 802, WEST VANCOUVER A1 V7T 1B8
Peter John Edwards officer: VP HR & Labour Relations 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Robert Allen Johnson officer: Executive VP Operations 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
John E Derry officer: Vice-President Human Resources 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
William R. Fatt director 129 ROCHESTER AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M4N 1N9
Gillian H Denham director C/O CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LIMITED, 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S.E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Nadeem Velani officer: Interim VP and CFO 7550 OGDEN DALE ROAD S. E., CALGARY A0 T2C 4X9
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.p. director 787 11TH AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019