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Empiric Student Property (LSE:ESP) Current Ratio : 0.60 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Empiric Student Property Current Ratio?

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. Empiric Student Property's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.60.

Empiric Student Property has a current ratio of 0.60. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Empiric Student Property has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ESP' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 1.22   Max: 11.55
Current: 0.6

During the past 9 years, Empiric Student Property's highest Current Ratio was 11.55. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 1.22.

LSE:ESP's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
65.59% of 715 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 1.02 vs LSE:ESP: 0.60

Empiric Student Property Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Empiric Student Property'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.

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Empiric Student Property Current Ratio Chart

Empiric Student Property Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.31 1.34 0.75 1.32 0.60

Empiric Student Property Semi-Annual Data
Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Current 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 0.75 1.06 1.32 1.72 0.60

Competitive Comparison of Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Empiric Student Property'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.


Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio falls into.



Empiric Student Property 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.

Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=69.5/114.9
=0.60

Empiric Student Property's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=69.5/114.9
=0.60

* 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.


Empiric Student Property  (LSE:ESP) 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.


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Empiric Student Property (LSE:ESP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
72 Borough High Street, 1st Floor Hop Yard Studios, London, GBR, SE1 1XF
Empiric Student Property PLC is a real estate company. It is engaged in investing in and managing premium purpose-built student accommodation in central locations in prime university cities and towns in the United Kingdom. Its investment portfolio includes Centro Court, Canal Bridge, Brook Studios, James House, and Edge Apartments among others. The company earns operating revenue from student accommodation rental.

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