The Hackett Group has a Cash Ratio of 0.42. 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 The Hackett Group's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
HCKT'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31 Med: 0.45 Max: 1.16
Current: 0.42
During the past 13 years, The Hackett Group's highest Cash Ratio was 1.16. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 0.45.
HCKT's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than 66.4% of 2768
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.775
vs HCKT: 0.42
The Hackett Group Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Hackett Group'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.
Competitive Comparison of The Hackett Group's Cash Ratio
For the Information Technology Services subindustry, The Hackett Group'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.
The Hackett Group's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, The Hackett Group's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Hackett Group's Cash Ratio falls into.
The Hackett Group Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
The Hackett Group's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
The Hackett Group (NAS:HCKT) 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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The Hackett Group (The Hackett Group) Business Description
The Hackett Group Inc is an advisory firm. The company's offerings include executive advisory programs, benchmarking, executive advisory, business transformation, and cloud enterprise application implementation. The company's executive and practices advisory programs offer performance metrics, peer-learning opportunities, and practice implementation practices. Benchmarking services help organizations measure and assess internal efficiency and effectiveness. The business transformation programs help customers develop strategies to improve performance. The company's technology advisory services help clients improve decision-making capabilities and deploy software applications. The Hackett Group generates the majority of its revenue in the United States.
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