SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Cash-to-Debt : 0.07 (As of Oct. 2023)

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What is SDI Group Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. SDI Group's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 0.07.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, SDI Group couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SDI' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07 Med: 0.7 Max: 3.08
Current: 0.07

During the past 13 years, SDI Group's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 3.08. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.70.

LSE:SDI's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
96.03% of 2471 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.35 vs LSE:SDI: 0.07

SDI Group Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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SDI Group Cash-to-Debt Chart

SDI Group Annual Data

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Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Apr23

Cash-to-Debt

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0.61

0.43

0.68

0.45

0.12

SDI Group Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.73	0.45	0.14	0.12	0.07

Competitive Comparison of SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SDI Group's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

SDI Group Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

SDI Group's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	2.711	/	(0.745	+	21.996)
	=	0.12

SDI Group's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1.546	/	(0.78	+	20.739)
	=	0.07

SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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SDI Group (LSE:SDI) Business Description

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SDI Group PLC designs and manufactures scientific and technology products for use by the life science, healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation markets through Synoptics, the Artemis, the Opus instruments, and Astles Control systems brands. The Digital Imaging segment incorporates the Synoptics brands Syngene, Synbiosis, Synoptics Health and Fistreem, the Atik brands Atik Cameras, Opus and Quantum Scientific Imaging, and the Graticules Optics business. The Sensors & Control segment combines our Sentek, Astles Control Systems, Applied Thermal Control, Thermal Exchange, MPB Industries and Chell Instruments businesses. It operates in the UK, Europe, America, Rest of Asia, and Rest of the world segments. It derives most of its revenues from America segment.