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Sable Exploration And Mining (JSE:SXM) Cash Ratio : 0.21 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Sable Exploration And Mining 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. Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.21.

Sable Exploration And Mining has a Cash Ratio of 0.21. 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 Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:SXM' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.13   Max: 0.21
Current: 0.21

During the past 13 years, Sable Exploration And Mining's highest Cash Ratio was 0.21. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.13.

JSE:SXM's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
76.16% of 2542 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs JSE:SXM: 0.21

Sable Exploration And Mining Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sable Exploration And Mining'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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Sable Exploration And Mining Cash Ratio Chart

Sable Exploration And Mining Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Cash Ratio
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Sable Exploration And Mining Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
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Competitive Comparison of Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio

For the Other Precious Metals & Mining subindustry, Sable Exploration And Mining'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.


Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio falls into.



Sable Exploration And Mining Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Sable Exploration And Mining's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Feb. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3.186/14.985
=0.21

Sable Exploration And Mining'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
=3.186/14.985
=0.21

* 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.


Sable Exploration And Mining  (JSE:SXM) 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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Sable Exploration And Mining Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
31 Imala Road, Building 4, Chistlehurston, Sandton, GT, ZAF, 2192
Sable Exploration And Mining Ltd is an investment and management company with trading subsidiaries engaged in the exploration, prospecting, development and mining of mineral resources.

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