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Newalta (Newalta) Current Ratio : 0.88 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Newalta 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. Newalta's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.88.

Newalta has a current ratio of 0.88. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Newalta 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 Newalta's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NWLTF's Current Ratio is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.43
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Current Ratio only.

Newalta Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Newalta'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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Newalta Current Ratio Chart

Newalta Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.99 1.79 0.70 0.73 0.80

Newalta Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
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 0.72 0.84 0.90 0.80 0.88

Competitive Comparison of Newalta's Current Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, Newalta'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.


Newalta's Current Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Newalta's Current Ratio falls into.



Newalta 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.

Newalta's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2017 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2017 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2017 )
=39.009/48.766
=0.80

Newalta's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Mar. 2018 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Mar. 2018 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Mar. 2018 )
=43.715/49.726
=0.88

* 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.


Newalta  (OTCPK:NWLTF) 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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Newalta (Newalta) Business Description

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Newalta Corp is engaged in providing engineered environmental solutions, which enable customers to reduce disposal, enhance recycling and recover valuable resources from oil and gas exploration and production waste streams. The operating segments of the group are Heavy oil and Oilfield. It generates maximum revenue from the Oilfield segment which includes the processing of oilfield-generated wastes, including treatment, water disposal, clean oil terminalling, landfilling, the sale of recovered crude oil and the supply and operation of drill site processing equipment, including solids control and drill cuttings management; as well as environmental services like environmental projects, drilling waste management services and site remediation. The group operates in Canada and the US.

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