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GHP Specialty Care AB (CHIX:GHPS) Cash Ratio : 0.48 (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is GHP Specialty Care AB Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 0.48.

GHP Specialty Care AB has a Cash Ratio of 0.48. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:GHPs' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.48   Max: 1.91
Current: 0.48

During the past 13 years, GHP Specialty Care AB's highest Cash Ratio was 1.91. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.48.

CHIX:GHPs's Cash Ratio is not ranked
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.485 vs CHIX:GHPs: 0.48

GHP Specialty Care AB Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash 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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GHP Specialty Care AB Cash Ratio Chart

GHP Specialty Care AB Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.17 0.08 0.59 0.52

GHP Specialty Care AB Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
Cash 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 0.52 0.47 0.41 0.52 0.48

Competitive Comparison of GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash 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.


GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio falls into.



GHP Specialty Care AB Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2021 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=177.3/344.2
=0.52

GHP Specialty Care AB's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2022 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=173.7/363.4
=0.48

* 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.


GHP Specialty Care AB  (CHIX:GHPs) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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GHP Specialty Care AB (CHIX:GHPS) Business Description

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Address
Södra Hamngatan 45, Gothenburg, SWE, 411 06
GHP Specialty Care AB is a player in the healthcare sector. It is a Swedish health care provider that operates specialist clinics, primarily in the Nordic countries. GHP's clinics address various medical areas such as diabetes care, neurology, general surgery, sports medicine and arrhythmia. GHP has two segments, the Nordic Region and International. The company generates majority of its revenue from the Nordic Region. The Nordic Region business area conducts business within specialist care, such as spine surgery/spine care, orthopaedics, obesity surgery and diabetes care, gastroenterology, urology, general surgery, arrhythmia, sports medicine, plastic surgery, neurology and specialist dentistry via over 20 clinics.

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