Bowlin Travel Centers (Bowlin Travel Centers) Cash Ratio : 2.30 (As of Jan. 2011)

Bowlin Travel Centers Cash Ratio Chart

Bowlin Travel Centers Annual Data
	Trend	Jan02	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05	Jan06	Jan07	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11
Cash Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.47	2.73	2.70	2.55	2.30

Bowlin Travel Centers Semi-Annual Data
	Jan00	Jan01	Jan02	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05	Jan06	Jan07	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11
Cash Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							1.47	2.73	2.70	2.55	2.30

Competitive Comparison of Bowlin Travel Centers's Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Bowlin Travel Centers'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.

Bowlin Travel Centers's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Bowlin Travel Centers's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bowlin Travel Centers's Cash Ratio falls into.

Bowlin Travel Centers Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Bowlin Travel Centers's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2011 is calculated as:

Bowlin Travel Centers's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2011 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.

Bowlin Travel Centers  (OTCPK:BWTL) 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.

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