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Media Pal Holdings (Media Pal Holdings) Current Ratio : 0.11 (As of Jan. 2001)


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What is Media Pal Holdings 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. Media Pal Holdings's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2001 was 0.11.

Media Pal Holdings has a current ratio of 0.11. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Media Pal Holdings 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 Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MPHD's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.405
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.

Media Pal Holdings Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Media Pal Holdings'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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Media Pal Holdings Current Ratio Chart

Media Pal Holdings Annual Data
Trend Apr91 Apr92 Apr93 Apr94 Apr95 Apr96 Apr97 Apr98 Apr99 Apr00
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.33 0.33 0.58 0.40 0.12

Media Pal Holdings Quarterly Data
Oct95 Jan96 Apr96 Jul96 Oct96 Jan97 Apr97 Jul97 Oct97 Jan98 Apr98 Jul98 Oct98 Jul99 Oct99 Jan00 Apr00 Jul00 Oct00 Jan01
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.44 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.11

Competitive Comparison of Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, Media Pal Holdings'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.


Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio falls into.



Media Pal Holdings 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.

Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2000 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Apr. 2000 )=Total Current Assets (A: Apr. 2000 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Apr. 2000 )
=0.624/5.29
=0.12

Media Pal Holdings's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2001 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Jan. 2001 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Jan. 2001 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Jan. 2001 )
=0.631/5.841
=0.11

* 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.


Media Pal Holdings  (OTCPK:MPHD) 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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Media Pal Holdings (Media Pal Holdings) Business Description

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Address
1700 Prospect Street, Sarasota, FL, USA, 34239
Website
Media Pal Holdings Corp operates as a non-hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility. It operates a 250-gallon per minute waste stream separation system at the Wyoming Avenue terminal facility.

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