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. Cytec Industries's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 2.56.
Cytec Industries has a current ratio of 2.56. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Cytec Industries's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CYT's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 1.97 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.
Cytec Industries Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cytec Industries'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.
Competitive Comparison of Cytec Industries's Current Ratio
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Cytec Industries'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.
Cytec Industries's Current Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Cytec Industries's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cytec Industries's Current Ratio falls into.
Cytec Industries 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.
Cytec Industries's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 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.
Cytec Industries (NYSE:CYT) 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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Cytec Industries (Cytec Industries) Business Description
Cytec Industries Inc was incorporated as an independent public company in Delaware in December 1993. It is a specialty materials and chemicals company. Its products serve a diverse range of end markets including aerospace and industrial materials, mining and plastics. Its segments include Aerospace Materials, Industrial Materials, In Process Separation, and Additive Technologies. Its Aerospace Materials segment is a provider of technologically advanced materials for aerospace markets. Its product lines are Advanced composites, Structural and film adhesives, and Carbon fibers. It markets Aerospace Materials products and services directly to its customers using sales and technical support team. It is a supplier for military fixed wing programs, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-18 fighter jet programs, where advanced composites generally account for a higher percentage of structural weight. Advanced composites are exceptionally strong and lightweight materials (prepregs and resin infusion systems) it manufactures from high performance fibers (like carbon fiber) with epoxy, bismaleimide, phenolic, polyimide and other resins formulated or purchased by the Company. Structural and film adhesives are used for bonding and surfacing both metal and composite aircraft components. It also manufactures specialty adhesive forms for complex composites assemblies, such as honeycomb and sandwich structures and special surfacing films to provide aircraft lightning strike protection. It began construction on a new standard modulus carbon fiber line in South Carolina in early 2008. Its Industrial Materials segment provides Structural materials and Process materials. In Industrial Materials, it markets its products through a direct sales force for the structural materials and process materials product lines. Structural materials product line includes the development, manufacturing and supply of advanced composite materials for a diverse range of industries such as motorsports, automotive, defense, rail, tooling, recreation, alternative energy and other markets. Process materials product line includes the development, manufacture, and supply of vacuum bagging and other process materials to the composites industry and other markets, providing a wide range of materials and technical support to a growing number of international customers. Its In Process Separation segment provides Mining chemicals, and Phosphines. It markets In Process Separation chemicals through specialized sales and technical service staffs for each of its product lines. Mining chemicals product line is primarily used in applications to separate desired minerals from host ores. Phosphine specialties are utilized for a variety of applications. Its Additive Technologies segment provides Polymer additives, Specialty additives, and Formulated resins. It markets Additive Technologies chemicals through specialized sales and technical service staffs for each of its product lines. I
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