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Donegal Investment Group (DUB:DQ7A) Cash Ratio : 0.23 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Donegal Investment Group 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. Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.23.

Donegal Investment Group has a Cash Ratio of 0.23. 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 Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

DUB:DQ7A' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.59   Max: 2.5
Current: 0.23

During the past 13 years, Donegal Investment Group's highest Cash Ratio was 2.50. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.59.

DUB:DQ7A's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
62.46% of 1854 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.385 vs DUB:DQ7A: 0.23

Donegal Investment Group Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Donegal Investment Group'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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Donegal Investment Group Cash Ratio Chart

Donegal Investment Group Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.91 0.80 0.59 1.01 2.14

Donegal Investment Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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 0.58 1.01 0.37 2.14 0.23

Competitive Comparison of Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio

For the Farm Products subindustry, Donegal Investment Group'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.


Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio falls into.



Donegal Investment Group Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Aug. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=6.942/3.241
=2.14

Donegal Investment Group's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3.223/13.877
=0.23

* 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.


Donegal Investment Group  (DUB:DQ7A) 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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Donegal Investment Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Ballyraine, Co. Donegal, Letterkenny, IRL
Donegal Investment Group PLC is engaged in the development, purchase, and sale of seed potatoes and the rental and sale of property assets. Its only segment being Produce. The Group operates in three geographical segments: Ireland; Europe and the Rest of the World; generating a vast majority of its revenue within Ireland.

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