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. Neurocrine Biosciences's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.40.
Neurocrine Biosciences has a quick ratio of 2.40. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.
The historical rank and industry rank for Neurocrine Biosciences's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NBIX'
s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.44 Med: 6.77 Max: 14.94
Current: 2.4
During the past 13 years, Neurocrine Biosciences's highest Quick Ratio was 14.94. The lowest was 1.44. And the median was 6.77.
NBIX's Quick Ratio is ranked better than 71.69% of 1074
companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 1.33
vs NBIX: 2.40
Neurocrine Biosciences Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Neurocrine Biosciences'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.
Competitive Comparison of Neurocrine Biosciences's Quick Ratio
For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Neurocrine Biosciences'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.
Neurocrine Biosciences's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Neurocrine Biosciences's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Neurocrine Biosciences's Quick Ratio falls into.
Neurocrine Biosciences 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.
Neurocrine Biosciences's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
Neurocrine Biosciences (NAS:NBIX) 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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Neurocrine Biosciences (Neurocrine Biosciences) Business Description
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc is a research-based pharmaceutical company advancing drug candidates in the central nervous system and endocrine-related categories. The company's three late stage clinical programs are elagolix which is hormone releasing antagonist for women's health, opicapone which is an inhibitor for parkinson's patients, and ingrezza for tourette syndrome.
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