The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Whitehaven Coal's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.95.
Whitehaven Coal has a current ratio of 3.95. It indicates the company may not be efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. This may also indicate problems in working capital management.
The historical rank and industry rank for Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
FRA:WC2'
s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01 Med: 1.27 Max: 3.95
Current: 3.95
During the past 13 years, Whitehaven Coal's highest Current Ratio was 3.95. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.27.
FRA:WC2's Current Ratio is ranked better than 72.22% of 180
companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 1.71
vs FRA:WC2: 3.95
Whitehaven Coal Current Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Whitehaven Coal's Current 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 Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio
For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current 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.
Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry
For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio falls into.
Whitehaven Coal Current Ratio Calculation
The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.
Whitehaven Coal's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 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.
Whitehaven Coal (FRA:WC2) Current Ratio Explanation
The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.
Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.
The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.
If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.
Whitehaven Coal Current Ratio Related Terms
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Whitehaven Coal is a large Australian independent thermal and semisoft metallurgical coal miner with mines in the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales. It also owns the large Vickery and Winchester South deposits in New South Wales and Queensland, respectively. Coal is railed to ports in Newcastle for export to Asian customers. It has agreed to buy Blackwater and Daunia, two coking coal mines in Queensland, from BHP and Mitsubishi, effective mid-2024. Along with expanded production at Maules Creek and Narrabri, this should see its share of salable coal production approach 36 million metric tons from fiscal 2028, from about 13 million in fiscal 2023. Development of Vickery could see around 7 million metric tons of extra equity production, with first output likely from about 2025 in our view.
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