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Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) Cash Ratio : 0.24 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Syngenta AG 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. Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.24.

Syngenta AG has a Cash Ratio of 0.24. 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 Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SYT's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Agriculture industry.
Industry Median: 0.37
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Syngenta AG Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Syngenta AG'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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Syngenta AG Cash Ratio Chart

Syngenta AG Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.27 0.25 0.27 0.38 0.24

Syngenta AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18
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 0.27 0.31 0.38 0.23 0.24

Competitive Comparison of Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Syngenta AG'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.


Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio falls into.



Syngenta AG Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1889/7955
=0.24

Syngenta AG's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1889/7955
=0.24

* 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.


Syngenta AG  (NYSE:SYT) 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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Syngenta AG (Syngenta AG) Business Description

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Address
Schwarzwaldalle 215, Basel, CHE, 4058
Formed in 2000 from spin-offs of Novartis' crop-protection and seeds business and AstraZeneca's agrochemical business, Syngenta is a global producer of crop chemicals and seeds. The Swiss company is a leading manufacturer of crop-protection products, making multiple herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides used on a wide variety of crops. Syngenta's seeds business trails rivals, but the company is investing heavily in research and development in an effort to close the technology gap in genetically modified seeds.