Green PolkaDot Box (Green PolkaDot Box) Cash Ratio : 44.36 (As of Jan. 2012)

Green PolkaDot Box Cash Ratio Chart

Green PolkaDot Box Annual Data
	Trend	Oct02	Oct03	Oct04	Oct05	Oct06	Oct07	Oct08	Oct09	Oct10
Cash Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				0.96	1.46	2.89	36.48	9.17

Green PolkaDot Box Quarterly Data
	Apr07	Jul07	Oct07	Jan08	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12
Cash Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															6.84	10.58	7.73	2.50	44.36

Competitive Comparison of Green PolkaDot Box's Cash Ratio

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Green PolkaDot Box'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.

Green PolkaDot Box's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Green PolkaDot Box's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Green PolkaDot Box's Cash Ratio falls into.

Green PolkaDot Box Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Green PolkaDot Box's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2010 is calculated as:

Green PolkaDot Box's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2012 is calculated as:

* 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.

Green PolkaDot Box  (OTCPK:GPDB) 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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