HomeChoice International has a Cash Ratio of 0.37. 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 HomeChoice International's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
JSE:HIL'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.29 Max: 1.08
Current: 0.37
During the past 11 years, HomeChoice International's highest Cash Ratio was 1.08. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.29.
JSE:HIL's Cash Ratio is ranked better than 54.8% of 1104
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.33
vs JSE:HIL: 0.37
HomeChoice International Cash Ratio Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of HomeChoice International's Cash Ratio
For the Specialty Retail subindustry, HomeChoice International'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.
HomeChoice International's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, HomeChoice International's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where HomeChoice International's Cash Ratio falls into.
HomeChoice International Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
HomeChoice International's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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.
HomeChoice International (JSE:HIL) 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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HomeChoice International PLC is an investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries operates as a home shopping retailer. The company sells homewares merchandise, personal electronics, and loan products to the middle-income market in Southern Africa. The operating business segments are Weaver Fintech, Retail, Property, and Other. The Retail segment consists of the group's HomeChoice omni-channel retail operations focused on homeware categories. The Weaver Fintech segment consists of payments, personal loans, and insurance products for customers and services to merchants in the Buy Now, Pay Later solutions sold under the PayJustNow (PJN) brand. e group's property company, which owns commercial properties utilized within the group, is included in the Property segment.
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