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Barka Desalination Co (MUS:BRDE) Quick Ratio : 0.65 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Barka Desalination Co Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Barka Desalination Co's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.65.

Barka Desalination Co has a quick ratio of 0.65. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MUS:BRDE' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 0.72   Max: 0.72
Current: 0.65

During the past 3 years, Barka Desalination Co's highest Quick Ratio was 0.72. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 0.72.

MUS:BRDE's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
75.78% of 516 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.98 vs MUS:BRDE: 0.65

Barka Desalination Co Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barka Desalination Co's Quick 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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Barka Desalination Co Quick Ratio Chart

Barka Desalination Co Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio
0.72 0.72 0.65

Barka Desalination Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Quick Ratio 0.72 0.72 0.65

Competitive Comparison of Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick 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.


Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio falls into.



Barka Desalination Co Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(4.341-0)/6.644
=0.65

Barka Desalination Co's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(4.341-0)/6.644
=0.65

* 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.


Barka Desalination Co  (MUS:BRDE) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Barka Desalination Co (MUS:BRDE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Al Wilaj Street, Way No 1013 Al Qurm, PO Box 252, Building No 1022, Office No 16, 1st Floor, Bousher, Muscat, OMN, 103
Barka Desalination Co is engaged in operation of seawater desalination plant in Oman. The objectives of the Company are to acquire, develop, finance, design, construct, operate, maintain a desalination facility at Barka Independent Water Project, a sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant located in Barka, South Batinah Governorate, Sultanate of Oman.

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