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Royal Ceramics Lanka (COL:RCL.N0000) Cash Ratio : 0.13 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Royal Ceramics Lanka 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. Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.13.

Royal Ceramics Lanka has a Cash Ratio of 0.13. 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 Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

COL:RCL.N0000' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.15   Max: 0.6
Current: 0.13

During the past 13 years, Royal Ceramics Lanka's highest Cash Ratio was 0.60. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.15.

COL:RCL.N0000's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
75.42% of 1672 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 0.32 vs COL:RCL.N0000: 0.13

Royal Ceramics Lanka Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Royal Ceramics Lanka'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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Royal Ceramics Lanka Cash Ratio Chart

Royal Ceramics Lanka Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.38 0.60 0.13 0.13

Royal Ceramics Lanka Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.23 0.13

Competitive Comparison of Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Royal Ceramics Lanka'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.


Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio falls into.



Royal Ceramics Lanka Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3146.546/24140.005
=0.13

Royal Ceramics Lanka's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3146.546/24140.005
=0.13

* 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.


Royal Ceramics Lanka  (COL:RCL.N0000) 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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Royal Ceramics Lanka (COL:RCL.N0000) Business Description

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Address
No. 20, R.A. De Mel Mawatha, Colombo, LKA, 03
Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of porcelain and ceramic tiles, wall tiles, floor tiles along with sanitary ware and the holding of investments. The group is organized into business units based on its products and services and has seven reportable segments, as follows: Tiles and Associated Items, Packaging, Sanitary Ware, Plantation, Finance, Aluminum Products, and Other. It generates maximum revenue from the Tiles and Associated Items segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Sri Lanka.

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