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. Pershing Gold's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 0.57.
Pershing Gold has a quick ratio of 0.57. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.
The historical rank and industry rank for Pershing Gold's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
PGLC's Quick Ratio is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.8 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Quick Ratio only.
Pershing Gold Quick Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Pershing Gold'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 Pershing Gold's Quick Ratio
For the Gold subindustry, Pershing Gold'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.
Pershing Gold's Quick Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Pershing Gold's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pershing Gold's Quick Ratio falls into.
Pershing Gold 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.
Pershing Gold's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 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.
Pershing Gold (NAS:PGLC) 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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Pershing Gold (Pershing Gold) Business Description
Pershing Gold Corp is a gold and precious metals exploration company. It pursues exploration, development and mining opportunities primarily in Nevada. The company currently focuses on exploration at its Relief Canyon properties in Pershing County in northwestern Nevada. The Relief Canyon properties are located about 100 miles northeast of Reno, Nevada. It operates its business directly and also through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gold Acquisition Corp. The company seek properties with known mineralization that are in an advanced stage of exploration and have previously undergone drilling but are under-explored.
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