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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Cash Ratio : 0.10 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Corus Entertainment 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. Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.10.

Corus Entertainment has a Cash Ratio of 0.10. 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 Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CJREF' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.11   Max: 0.2
Current: 0.1

During the past 13 years, Corus Entertainment's highest Cash Ratio was 0.20. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.11.

CJREF's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
84.05% of 1022 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.54 vs CJREF: 0.10

Corus Entertainment Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Corus Entertainment'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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Corus Entertainment Cash Ratio Chart

Corus Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.16 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.10

Corus Entertainment Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.09 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.10

Competitive Comparison of Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio

For the Entertainment subindustry, Corus Entertainment'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.


Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio falls into.



Corus Entertainment Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Aug. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=41.67/436.487
=0.10

Corus Entertainment's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=45.559/434.922
=0.10

* 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.


Corus Entertainment  (OTCPK:CJREF) 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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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Business Description

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Address
25 Dockside Drive, Corus Quay, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5A 0B5
Corus Entertainment Inc is a media and content company that operates in the diversified media industry. The company has two business segments, which includes television, and radio. The television business segment has a portfolio of television channels. The radio business segment controls a number of stations that cater to the music, news, and talk radio markets. Television segment is the key revenue driver for the group. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Canada.