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Newalta (Newalta) Quick Ratio : 0.78 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Newalta 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. Newalta's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.78.

Newalta has a quick ratio of 0.78. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

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

NWLTF's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.

Newalta Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Newalta'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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Newalta Quick Ratio Chart

Newalta Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.74 1.76 0.65 0.67 0.73

Newalta Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
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 0.65 0.77 0.84 0.73 0.78

Competitive Comparison of Newalta's Quick Ratio

For the Waste Management subindustry, Newalta'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.


Newalta's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Newalta's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Newalta 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.

Newalta's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Dec. 2017 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(39.009-3.451)/48.766
=0.73

Newalta's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Mar. 2018 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(43.715-4.774)/49.726
=0.78

* 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.


Newalta  (OTCPK:NWLTF) 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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Newalta (Newalta) Business Description

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Newalta Corp is engaged in providing engineered environmental solutions, which enable customers to reduce disposal, enhance recycling and recover valuable resources from oil and gas exploration and production waste streams. The operating segments of the group are Heavy oil and Oilfield. It generates maximum revenue from the Oilfield segment which includes the processing of oilfield-generated wastes, including treatment, water disposal, clean oil terminalling, landfilling, the sale of recovered crude oil and the supply and operation of drill site processing equipment, including solids control and drill cuttings management; as well as environmental services like environmental projects, drilling waste management services and site remediation. The group operates in Canada and the US.

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