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Salon City (Salon City) Quick Ratio : 0.25 (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is Salon City Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Salon City's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was 0.25.

Salon City has a quick ratio of 0.25. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Salon City's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SALN's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.44
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Salon City Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Salon City's Quick 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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Salon City Quick Ratio Chart

Salon City Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07
Quick Ratio
0.77 0.17

Salon City Quarterly Data
Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.55 0.17 0.21 0.25 0.25

Competitive Comparison of Salon City's Quick Ratio

For the Publishing subindustry, Salon City's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick 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.


Salon City's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Salon City's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Salon City's Quick Ratio falls into.



Salon City Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Salon City's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2007 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(0.12-0)/0.727
=0.17

Salon City's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Sep. 2008 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(0.213-0)/0.853
=0.25

* 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.


Salon City  (OTCPK:SALN) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Salon City (Salon City) Business Description

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Address
909 North Palm Avenue, Suite 311, West Hollywood, CA, USA, 90069
Salon City Inc is engaged in the beauty industry through its media and network. Geographically the business presence of the group are seen in United States and internationally.

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