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Cavium (Cavium) Cash Ratio : 1.03 (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Cavium Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Cavium's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 1.03.

Cavium has a Cash Ratio of 1.03. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

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

CAVM's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 1.07
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Cavium Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cavium'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.

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Cavium Cash Ratio Chart

Cavium Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.76 2.07 2.11 1.32 0.81

Cavium Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
Cash 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 0.85 0.83 0.96 0.81 1.03

Competitive Comparison of Cavium's Cash Ratio

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Cavium'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.


Cavium's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Cavium's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cavium's Cash Ratio falls into.



Cavium Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Cavium's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2017 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=140.498/174.012
=0.81

Cavium's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=181.601/176.212
=1.03

* 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.


Cavium  (NAS:CAVM) 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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Cavium (Cavium) Business Description

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Cavium provides microprocessors used in various applications in networking, communications, and data center applications. While boasting Cisco, Amazon, and Nokia Solutions and Networks as key customers, Cavium has developed an ARM-based server chip, ThunderX, to compete against Intel's Xeon server processors.
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Edward H. Frank director C/O FUSION-IO, INC., 2855 E. COTTONWOOD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84121
Sanjay Mehrotra director C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 3355 MICHELSON DRIVE, SUITE 100, IRVINE CA 92612
Anthony S Thornley director 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008
Brad W Buss director 198 CHAMPION COURT, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Muhammad Raghib Hussain officer: Chief Operating Officer 5488 MARVELL LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Syed Ali director, officer: Pres., CEO, Chairman of Board 5488 MARVELL LANE SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Arthur D Chadwick officer: VP Finance & Admin CFO 280 N BERNARDO AVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Vincent P Pangrazio officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary C/O CAVIUM NETWORKS, INC., 805 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kris Chellam director 2100 LOGIC DR SAN JOSE CA 95124
Sandeep Vij officer: VP Strategic Markets & Bus Dev C/O XILINX INC, 2100 LOGIC DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95124
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