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Edwards Lifesciences (Edwards Lifesciences) Current Ratio : 3.38 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Edwards Lifesciences 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. Edwards Lifesciences's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.38.

Edwards Lifesciences has a current ratio of 3.38. It indicates the company may not be efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. This may also indicate problems in working capital management.

The historical rank and industry rank for Edwards Lifesciences's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

EW' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.8   Med: 3.35   Max: 5.24
Current: 3.38

During the past 13 years, Edwards Lifesciences's highest Current Ratio was 5.24. The lowest was 1.80. And the median was 3.35.

EW's Current Ratio is ranked better than
59.05% of 867 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 2.74 vs EW: 3.38

Edwards Lifesciences Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Edwards Lifesciences'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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Edwards Lifesciences Current Ratio Chart

Edwards Lifesciences 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 3.31 3.46 3.08 3.03 3.38

Edwards Lifesciences Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 3.03 3.01 3.15 3.28 3.38

Competitive Comparison of Edwards Lifesciences's Current Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Edwards Lifesciences'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.


Edwards Lifesciences's Current Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Edwards Lifesciences's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Edwards Lifesciences's Current Ratio falls into.



Edwards Lifesciences 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.

Edwards Lifesciences'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 )
=4035.7/1195.4
=3.38

Edwards Lifesciences's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=4035.7/1195.4
=3.38

* 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.


Edwards Lifesciences  (NYSE:EW) 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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Edwards Lifesciences (Edwards Lifesciences) Business Description

Address
One Edwards Way, Irvine, CA, USA, 92614
Spun off from Baxter International in 2000, Edwards Lifesciences designs, manufactures, and markets a range of medical devices and equipment for advanced stages of structural heart disease. It has established itself as a leader across key products, including surgical tissue heart valves, transcatheter valve technologies, surgical clips, catheters, and monitoring systems used to measure a patient's heart function during surgery. The firm derives about 55% of its total sales from outside the U.S.
Executives
Bobo Donald E Jr officer: CVP,Strategy/Corp Development C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Michael A Mussallem director, officer: Chairman & CEO C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Scott B. Ullem officer: CVP, CFO C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Daveen Chopra officer: CVP, Surgical Structural Heart C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92618
Larry L Wood officer: CVP, THV Replacement C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Catherine M. Szyman officer: CVP, Critical Care C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Wayne Markowitz officer: GM & SVP, Surgical ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Heisz Leslie Stone director C/O PUBLIC STORAGE, 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Jean-luc M Lemercier officer: CVP, EMEA, Canada, Latin Amer C/O ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Sellers Robert W.a. officer: VP, Corp. Controller (Principa ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Bernard J Zovighian officer: CVP, Surgical Heart Valves C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Huimin Wang officer: CVP, Japan & Intercontinental C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614
Martha H. Marsh director 9769 WEXFORD CIRCLE, GRANITE BAY CA 95746
Kieran Gallahue director PO BOX 684369, PARK CITY UT 84068
Nicholas J Valeriani director C/O EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, ONE EDWARDS WAY, IRVINE CA 92614