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Granite City Food & Brewery (Granite City Food & Brewery) Cash Ratio : 0.10 (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is Granite City Food & Brewery 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. Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 0.10.

Granite City Food & Brewery has a Cash Ratio of 0.10. 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 Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GCFB's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 0.54
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Granite City Food & Brewery Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Granite City Food & Brewery'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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Granite City Food & Brewery Cash Ratio Chart

Granite City Food & Brewery Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.17 0.15 0.11 0.20 0.08

Granite City Food & Brewery Quarterly Data
Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
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 0.22 0.04 0.08 0.09 0.10

Competitive Comparison of Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio

For the Restaurants subindustry, Granite City Food & Brewery'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.


Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio falls into.



Granite City Food & Brewery Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2016 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=4.414/55.323
=0.08

Granite City Food & Brewery's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jun. 2017 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=5.223/52.226
=0.10

* 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.


Granite City Food & Brewery  (OTCPK:GCFB) 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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Granite City Food & Brewery (Granite City Food & Brewery) Business Description

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Address
3600 American Boulevard West, Suite 400, Bloomington, MN, USA, 55431
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd owns and operates a restaurant with an on-site brewery. The company operates two casual dining concepts which include Granite city food and brewery and Cadillac ranch all American bar and grill. The Granite city restaurant theme is upscale casual dining with a wide variety of menu items, which includes handcrafted beers finished on-site. Cadillac Ranch restaurants feature authentic, cuisine in a fun, dynamic environment. Its menu is diverse with offerings ranging from homemade meatloaf to pasta dishes. It has approximately 36 restaurants in over 10 states. In addition, it also operates a centralized beer production facility in Ellsworth, Iowa which facilitates the initial stages of its brewing process.
Executives
Lou Mucci director 16161 BEACH BLVD, STE 100, HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647
Peter Hausback officer: Chief Financial Officer 201 W NORTH RIVER DR, STE 100, SPOKANE WA 99201
Whitebox Advisors Llc 10 percent owner 3033 EXCELSIOR BLVD., SUITE 500, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Gary S Kohler 10 percent owner 5000 W 36TH STREET, SUITE 115, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Whitebox Intermarket Partners Lp 10 percent owner 3033 EXCELSIOR BLVD, SUITE 300, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Whitebox Intermarket Advisors, Llc 10 percent owner 3033 EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, SUITE 300, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Whitebox Intermarket Fund Lp 10 percent owner 3033 EXCELSIOR BLVD, SUITE 300, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55416
Whitebox Intermarket Fund, Ltd. 10 percent owner TRIDENT TRUST COMPANY (BVI) LIMITED, TRIDENT CHMBRS WATERFRONT DR WICKHAM CAY, ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA D8 00000

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