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CWRV (Clearwater Ventures) Cash Ratio : 0.04 (As of Aug. 2015)


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What is Clearwater Ventures 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. Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2015 was 0.04.

Clearwater Ventures has a Cash Ratio of 0.04. 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 Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

CWRV's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 0.51
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Clearwater Ventures Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearwater Ventures'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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Clearwater Ventures Cash Ratio Chart

Clearwater Ventures Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15
Cash Ratio
2.50 0.11

Clearwater Ventures Quarterly Data
May14 Aug14 Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.74 0.28 0.11 0.01 0.04

Competitive Comparison of Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Clearwater Ventures'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.


Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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



Clearwater Ventures Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Feb. 2015 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.007/0.066
=0.11

Clearwater Ventures's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2015 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Aug. 2015 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.003/0.073
=0.04

* 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.


Clearwater Ventures  (OTCPK:CWRV) 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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Clearwater Ventures Business Description

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Clearwater Ventures Inc, through its subsidiary is engaged in designing and marketing of pool filter product known as the Pool Guardian. It is designed to supplement and assist pool filters by capturing and holding unwanted pool surface debris.

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