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Nanophase Technologies (Nanophase Technologies) Cash Ratio : 0.17 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nanophase Technologies 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. Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.17.

Nanophase Technologies 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 Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NANX' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 0.32   Max: 1.91
Current: 0.17

During the past 13 years, Nanophase Technologies's highest Cash Ratio was 1.91. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.32.

NANX's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
79.73% of 1549 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.53 vs NANX: 0.17

Nanophase Technologies Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nanophase Technologies'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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Nanophase Technologies Cash Ratio Chart

Nanophase Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.27 0.14 0.09 0.16 0.11

Nanophase Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.06 0.11 0.07 0.11 0.17

Competitive Comparison of Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Nanophase Technologies'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.


Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio falls into.



Nanophase Technologies Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Nanophase Technologies'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
=1.722/15.589
=0.11

Nanophase Technologies's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2.018/12.177
=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.


Nanophase Technologies  (OTCPK:NANX) 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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Nanophase Technologies (Nanophase Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1319 Marquette Drive, Romeoville, IL, USA, 60446
Nanophase Technologies Corp is a U.S based company engaged in the production of engineered nanomaterial solutions and larger, sub-micron, materials such as personal care sunscreens, architectural coatings, industrial coating applications, and abrasion-resistant additives, plastics additives, medical diagnostics, energy. Its technologies are designed to offer nanomaterial solutions for a specific customer application across various industries. Its products include Aluminum Oxide, Antimony Tin Oxide, Bismuth Oxide, Cerium Oxide, Iron Oxide and Zinc Oxide. The firm categorizes its revenue stream into three main product categories, Personal Care Ingredients, Advanced Materials and Solesence. Substantial revenue is generated from the sale of Solesence finished products.
Executives
Jess Jankowski officer: Chief Financial Officer
R Janet Whitmore director
Bradford T Whitmore 10 percent owner 5215 OLD ORCHARD ROAD, SUITE 620, SKOKIE IL 60077
Mark E Miller director 1319 MARQUETTE DR, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
Kevin Cureton officer: VP, Sales & Marketing & BD 1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
Strandler, Llc 10 percent owner 401 3RD STREET, #9, RAPID CITY SD 57701
Laura M Beres director 1319 MARQUETTE DR, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
Jaime Escobar officer: Chief Financial Officer 1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
Frank Cesario officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ISCO INTERNATIONAL INC, 451 KIGSTON COURT, MT PROSPECT IL 60056
James A Henderson director 301 WASHINGTON ST, COLUMBUS IN 47201
George A Vincent director C/O NANOPHASE TECHNOLOGIES, 1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
Spurgeon Corp 10 percent owner 407 S. THIRD STREET, SUITE 230, GENEVA IL 60134
W Edwin Tyler director ONE NORTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4200, CHICAGO IL 60606
Nancy Baldwin officer: VP Human Resources & IT 1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446
Patrick G Murray officer: VP Research & Development 1319 MARQUETTE DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE IL 60446