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NorAm Drilling AS (FRA:TM9) Cash Ratio : 0.87 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is NorAm Drilling AS 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. NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.87.

NorAm Drilling AS has a Cash Ratio of 0.87. 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 NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:TM9' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.11   Med: 0.7   Max: 2.95
Current: 0.87

During the past 5 years, NorAm Drilling AS's highest Cash Ratio was 2.95. The lowest was 0.11. And the median was 0.70.

FRA:TM9's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
68.48% of 993 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.43 vs FRA:TM9: 0.87

NorAm Drilling AS Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for NorAm Drilling AS'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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NorAm Drilling AS Cash Ratio Chart

NorAm Drilling AS Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
0.66 2.95 2.00 0.41 0.59

NorAm Drilling AS Quarterly Data
Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
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 0.59 0.96 0.59 0.80 0.87

Competitive Comparison of NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, NorAm Drilling AS'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.


NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio falls into.



NorAm Drilling AS Cash Ratio Calculation

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

NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=11.131/18.976
=0.59

NorAm Drilling AS's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jun. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=9.828/11.324
=0.87

* 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.


NorAm Drilling AS  (FRA:TM9) 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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NorAm Drilling AS Business Description

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Address
Bryggegata 3, P.O. Box 1327 - Vika, Oslo, NOR, 0112
NorAm Drilling AS owns and operates a quality rig portfolio of AC driven rigs tailored for the drilling of horizontal wells in the United States land drilling market. NorAm Drilling Company operates all eleven rigs and is financed through a combination of equity investments and intercompany loans, at arm's length terms, from its parent.

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