Noble Investments (UK) (LSE:NBL) Cash Ratio : 0.43 (As of Feb. 2013)

Noble Investments (UK) Cash Ratio Chart

Noble Investments (UK) Annual Data
	Trend	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12
Cash Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.39	1.46	1.30	0.62	0.64

Noble Investments (UK) Semi-Annual Data
	Aug03	Feb04	Aug04	Feb05	Aug05	Feb06	Aug06	Feb07	Aug07	Feb08	Aug08	Feb09	Aug09	Feb10	Aug10	Feb11	Aug11	Feb12	Aug12	Feb13
Cash Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	0.62	-	0.64	0.43

Competitive Comparison of Noble Investments (UK)'s Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Noble Investments (UK)'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.

Noble Investments (UK)'s Cash Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Noble Investments (UK)'s Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Noble Investments (UK)'s Cash Ratio falls into.

Noble Investments (UK) Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Noble Investments (UK)'s Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as:

Noble Investments (UK)'s Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 is calculated as:

* 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.

Noble Investments (UK)  (LSE:NBL) 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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