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Pitney Bowes (Pitney Bowes) Current Ratio : 0.98 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Pitney Bowes 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. Pitney Bowes's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.98.

Pitney Bowes has a current ratio of 0.98. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Pitney Bowes 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 Pitney Bowes's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PBI' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.98   Med: 1.11   Max: 1.43
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, Pitney Bowes's highest Current Ratio was 1.43. The lowest was 0.98. And the median was 1.11.

PBI's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
71.18% of 982 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs PBI: 0.98

Pitney Bowes Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pitney Bowes'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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Pitney Bowes Current Ratio Chart

Pitney Bowes 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 1.42 1.13 1.09 1.04 0.98

Pitney Bowes 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 1.04 0.88 0.87 0.99 0.98

Competitive Comparison of Pitney Bowes's Current Ratio

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Pitney Bowes'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.


Pitney Bowes's Current Ratio Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Pitney Bowes's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pitney Bowes's Current Ratio falls into.



Pitney Bowes 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.

Pitney Bowes'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 )
=1691.917/1730.409
=0.98

Pitney Bowes'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 )
=1691.917/1730.409
=0.98

* 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.


Pitney Bowes  (NYSE:PBI) 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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Pitney Bowes (Pitney Bowes) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3001 Summer Street, Stamford, CT, USA, 06926
Pitney Bowes is a Global technology company that offers e-commerce solutions to its clients. The company provides various products and services such as domestic delivery, return and fulfillment, cross-border shipping solutions, sorting services for large volumes of postal mails, technological solutions to enable digital mailing, shipping, and other services. The company operates through three business segments: Global e-commerce, presort services, and SendTech Solutions. The company generates majority of its revenue from United States.
Executives
Christopher Johnson officer: SVP & President, GFS 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Andrew Robert Gold officer: SVP, Chief HR Officer 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Joseph Schmitt officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Deborah Pfeiffer officer: President, Presort Services 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Shemin Nurmohamed officer: President, SendTech Solutions 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Todd A. Everett director 2700 VIA FORTUNA, SUITE 300, AUSTIN TX 78746
Milena Alberti-perez director 8500 SW CREEKSIDE PLACE, BEAVERTON OR 97008
Kurt James Wolf director 175 BRICKYARD ROAD, ADAMS TOWNSHIP PA 16046
Katie May director 1990 E. GRAND AVE., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Steven Brill director 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
James Darrell Thomas director 3700 JUNEAU AVENUE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Sheila A Stamps director C/O CIT GROUP, 1 CIT DRIVE, ATTN: GENERAL COUNSEL, LIVINGSTON NJ 07039
Mary Guilfoile director 227 WASHINGTON STREET STE.200, CONSHOHOCKEN PA 19428
James Arthur Fairweather officer: EVP & Chief Innovation Officer 3001 SUMMER ST, STAMFORD CT 06926
Daniel J Goldstein officer: EVP/Chief Legal & Compliance 1 ELMCROFT ROAD, STAMFORD CT 06926