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Pointer Telocation (Pointer Telocation) Quick Ratio : 1.47 (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Pointer Telocation 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. Pointer Telocation's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 1.47.

Pointer Telocation has a quick ratio of 1.47. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

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

PNTR's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.475
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Pointer Telocation Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pointer Telocation'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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Pointer Telocation Quick Ratio Chart

Pointer Telocation Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.89 0.98 1.01 1.13 1.48

Pointer Telocation Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
Quick 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 1.31 1.42 1.48 1.46 1.47

Competitive Comparison of Pointer Telocation's Quick Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Pointer Telocation'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.


Pointer Telocation's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Pointer Telocation's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pointer Telocation's Quick Ratio falls into.



Pointer Telocation 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.

Pointer Telocation's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2018 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(32.224-6.432)/17.372
=1.48

Pointer Telocation's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Jun. 2019 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(37.538-7.668)/20.385
=1.47

* 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.


Pointer Telocation  (NAS:PNTR) 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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Pointer Telocation (Pointer Telocation) Business Description

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Address
14 Hamelacha Street, Rosh Haayin, ISR, 4809133
Pointer Telocation Ltd is a provider of command and control technologies for mobile resource management in the automotive and insurance industries and other mobile tracking markets. It has Cellocator and Mobile resource management segments. Cellocator segment consists of designing, developing and producing mobile resource management products. Mobile resource management segment comprises operations in Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa. The company derives the majority of its revenues from Mobile resource management segment.