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Clas Ohlson AB (LTS:0GQE) Cash Ratio : 0.17 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Clas Ohlson 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. Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.17.

Clas Ohlson AB has a Cash Ratio of 0.17. 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 Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0GQE' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.17   Max: 0.54
Current: 0.17

During the past 13 years, Clas Ohlson AB's highest Cash Ratio was 0.54. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.17.

LTS:0GQE's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
70.27% of 1093 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs LTS:0GQE: 0.17

Clas Ohlson AB Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clas Ohlson 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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Clas Ohlson AB Cash Ratio Chart

Clas Ohlson AB Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.04 0.24 0.20 0.06

Clas Ohlson AB Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.17

Competitive Comparison of Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Clas Ohlson 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.


Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio falls into.



Clas Ohlson 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.

Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Apr. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=143.1/2385.2
=0.06

Clas Ohlson AB's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jan. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=475.3/2745.8
=0.17

* 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.


Clas Ohlson AB  (LTS:0GQE) 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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Clas Ohlson AB (LTS:0GQE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Municipality of Leksand, Insjon, SWE, 793 85
Clas Ohlson AB is a Swedish specialty retailer of home and office solutions. The company has five product categories: hardware, electrical, home, multimedia, and leisure items. The hardware category includes home repair tools, with Capere, Cocraft, and Clas Ohlson as proprietary brands. The electrical category consists of energy and electrical solutions, mainly under its own brands: Cotech and Northlight. Multimedia offers technology to connect devices. The home category offers practical items for the kitchen, wardrobe, bathroom, and laundry. Clas Ohlson's main markets by revenue are Sweden, Norway, Finland, and a few other countries outside the Nordics.

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