DCM Shriram has a Cash Ratio of 0.58. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.
The historical rank and industry rank for DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
BOM:523367'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.32 Max: 1.15
Current: 0.58
During the past 13 years, DCM Shriram's highest Cash Ratio was 1.15. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.32.
BOM:523367's Cash Ratio is ranked better than 54.35% of 1540
companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.5
vs BOM:523367: 0.58
DCM Shriram Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for DCM Shriram's Cash 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 DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash 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.
DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio falls into.
DCM Shriram Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
DCM Shriram's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 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.
DCM Shriram (BOM:523367) Cash Ratio Explanation
The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.
The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.
In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.
DCM Shriram Cash Ratio Related Terms
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DCM Shriram Ltd is an Indian conglomerate company which comprises of Agri-Rural, Chlor-Vinyl and value-added businesses. The company's business activities include the manufacture of fertilisers and pesticides, basic inorganic chemicals N.E.C and refining sugar. The company produces Urea & SSP fertilisers, sugar, farm inputs such as DAP, caustic soda, chlorine, calcium carbide, PVC resins, PVC compounds, power, and cement. Its Agri-input business produces hybrid seeds, pesticides, Bulk fertilizers, micro-nutrients and other value-added inputs. In addition, company engaged in research, production, processing, extension activities and marketing. The company manages its business in six segments; Fertilisers, Chloro-Vinyl, Shriram Farm solution, Bioseed, Sugar, and others.
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