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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) Current Ratio

: 0.98 (As of Dec. 2023)
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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. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.98.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone has a current ratio of 0.98. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 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 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NPPXF' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 1.23   Max: 1.55
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's highest Current Ratio was 1.55. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 1.23.

NPPXF's Current Ratio is ranked worse than
53.83% of 392 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.035 vs NPPXF: 0.98

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Telegraph & Telephone'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.

* Premium members only.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Current Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.26 1.01 0.72 0.91 0.97

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Current Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 0.97 0.97 1.02 0.98

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone'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.


Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Current Ratio Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Current Ratio falls into.



Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 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.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Mar. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Mar. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Mar. 2023 )
=49787.924/51172.871
=0.97

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone'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 )
=50179.141/51257.78
=0.98

* 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.


Nippon Telegraph & Telephone  (OTCPK:NPPXF) 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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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5-1, Otemachi 1-Chome, Otemachi First Square, East Tower, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8116
NTT owns NTT DoCoMo, the largest wireless operator in Japan, with 87.5 million subscribers. It also owns NTT East and NTT West, the two regional incumbent fixed-line operators in Japan, with about 12.1 million traditional fixed-line and 23.5 million broadband lines (around 72% of which are wholesaled). The firm also provides IT and communications systems integration via NTT Communications and 52.4%-owned NTT Data.

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