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Avance Gas Holding (Avance Gas Holding) Cash Ratio : 1.38 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Avance Gas Holding 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. Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.38.

Avance Gas Holding has a Cash Ratio of 1.38. 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 Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AVACF' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 1.38   Max: 4.67
Current: 1.38

During the past 11 years, Avance Gas Holding's highest Cash Ratio was 4.67. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 1.38.

AVACF's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
79.02% of 1025 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.41 vs AVACF: 1.38

Avance Gas Holding Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avance Gas Holding'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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Avance Gas Holding Cash Ratio Chart

Avance Gas Holding Annual Data
Trend Nov13 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.28 1.36 1.55 4.51 1.38

Avance Gas Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.51 4.18 2.62 1.84 1.38

Competitive Comparison of Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Avance Gas Holding'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.


Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio falls into.



Avance Gas Holding Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=131.448/95.357
=1.38

Avance Gas Holding's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=131.448/95.357
=1.38

* 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.


Avance Gas Holding  (OTCPK:AVACF) 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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Avance Gas Holding (Avance Gas Holding) Business Description

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Address
14 Par-la-Ville Road, 4th floor, PO Box HM 1593, Par-la-Ville Place, Hamilton, BMU, HM 08
Avance Gas Holding Ltd is engaged in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It owns and operates very large gas carriers (VLGCs) providing transportation services to oil majors and traders of LPG on a global basis. It operates a fleet of vessels providing customers with global transportation services through the combination of the contract of affreightments and spot market voyages. The company transports liquefied petroleum to destinations in Europe, South America, India, and Asia, mainly loading the Middle East Gulf and the United States Gulf/United States East Coast. The company operates in a single segment that is liquefied petroleum gas.

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