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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Cash Ratio : 1.65 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Shanda Games 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. Shanda Games's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 1.65.

Shanda Games has a Cash Ratio of 1.65. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for Shanda Games's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GAME's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 1.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Shanda Games Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Shanda Games'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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Shanda Games Cash Ratio Chart

Shanda Games Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.02 1.02 0.91 0.64 1.65

Shanda Games Semi-Annual Data
Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.02 1.02 0.91 0.64 1.65

Competitive Comparison of Shanda Games's Cash Ratio

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Shanda Games'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.


Shanda Games's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Shanda Games's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shanda Games's Cash Ratio falls into.



Shanda Games Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Shanda Games's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2014 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=281.136/170.871
=1.65

Shanda Games's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2014 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=281.136/170.871
=1.65

* 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.


Shanda Games  (NAS:GAME) 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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Shanda Games (Shanda Games) Business Description

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Shanda Games Ltd was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 12, 2008. The Company is an online game company in China in terms of the size, diversity of its game portfolio, game revenues and game player base. It completed its initial public offering on September 30, 2009. It develop and source a broad array of game content through multiple channels, including in-house development, licensing, investment, acquisition, joint development and joint operation. As of March 31, 2015, it operated 35 MMO games and 29 mobile games in China and certain overseas markets. The games operated by the Company are: Mir II, BNB, Woool, Legend of Immortals, Age of Wushu, among others. It competes with other online game developers and operators in China, including Tencent Holdings Limited, NetEase, Inc., Changyou.com Limited, Perfect World Co., Ltd., Giant Interactive, Kingsoft, KongZhong Corporation, NetDragon Websoft, Inc. and The9 Limited.