Houston Wire & Cable Co has a quick ratio of 1.76. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Houston Wire & Cable Co's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
HWCC's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Industrial Distribution industry.
Industry Median: 1.18 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.
Houston Wire & Cable Co Quick Ratio Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Houston Wire & Cable Co's Quick Ratio
For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Houston Wire & Cable Co'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.
Houston Wire & Cable Co's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry
For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Houston Wire & Cable Co's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Houston Wire & Cable Co's Quick Ratio falls into.
Houston Wire & Cable Co 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.
Houston Wire & Cable Co's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as
* 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.
Houston Wire & Cable Co (NAS:HWCC) 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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Houston Wire & Cable Co (Houston Wire & Cable Co) Business Description
Houston Wire & Cable Co is a distributor of electrical and mechanical wire and cable in the U.S. industrial market. The company offers products in most categories of wire and cable, including continuous and interlocked armor cable; electronic wire and cable; flexible and portable cord; instrumentation and thermocouple cable; primary and secondary aluminum distribution cable, hardware and corrosion-resistant products including inch and metric bolts, screws, nuts, washers, rivets, and hose clamps. It has three target markets: utility market, industrial market, and infrastructure market.
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