SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter has a Cash Ratio of 0.03. 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 SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CAS:SMI'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 0.03 Max: 0.33
Current: 0.03
During the past 13 years, SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter's highest Cash Ratio was 0.33. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.03.
CAS:SMI's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than 92.55% of 2510
companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.03
vs CAS:SMI: 0.03
SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter Cash Ratio Historical Data
* 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 SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter's Cash Ratio
For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter'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.
SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry
For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter's Cash Ratio falls into.
* 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.
SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter (CAS:SMI) 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.
SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter Cash Ratio Related Terms
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SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter Business Description
SMI - Ste Metallurgique d'Imiter is a Morocco-based company engaged in the mining industry. The company's product portfolio consists of precious metals such as Silver and Gold, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt cathode, Arsenic, Nickel and many more. Its Morocco project consists of Bouskour and Tizert. The Bouskour project is located approximately 80 kilometers southeast of the city of Ouarzazate. Its Tizert project is situated approximately 80 kilometers east of the city of Agadir in the province of Taroudant. The company's Africa project comprises of Gold projects, Tri-K projects, Pumpi project, and Assosa and Budur projects.
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