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Acino Holding AG has a Cash Ratio of 0.16. 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 Acino Holding AG's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
LTS:0QM8's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 0.57 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.
Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8) 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.
Acino Holding AG Cash Ratio Related Terms
Acino Holding AG Cash Ratio Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Acino Holding AG'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.
For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Acino Holding AG'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.
Acino Holding AG Cash Ratio vs Drug Manufacturers Industry
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Acino Holding AG's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Acino Holding AG's Cash Ratio falls into.
* 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.
Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8) has a Cash Ratio of 0.16 as of Dec. 2013. Cashflow ratio is the ratio of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to current liabilities. View historical data on Acino Holding AG and its competitors.
Is Acino Holding AG's Cash Ratio too high?
Acino Holding AG's current Cash Ratio is 0.16. The Drug Manufacturers industry median Cash Ratio is 0.57. Acino Holding AG's value of 0.16 is 71.9% below this industry median.
How does Acino Holding AG's Cash Ratio compare to competitors?
Acino Holding AG's Cash Ratio of 0.16 can be compared against companies in the Drug Manufacturers industry. The industry median Cash Ratio is 0.57. Acino Holding AG's value of 0.16 is 71.9% below this benchmark. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cash Ratio for a Drug Manufacturers company?
The median Cash Ratio among Drug Manufacturers companies is 0.57, based on 966 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Cash Ratio significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Cash Ratio should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Acino Holding AG's current Cash Ratio of 0.16 is 71.9% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cash Ratio mean?
A high Cash Ratio can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cashflow ratio is the ratio of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to current liabilities. View historical data on Acino Holding AG and its competitors. For the Drug Manufacturers industry, the median Cash Ratio is 0.57 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Acino Holding AG's current Cash Ratio is 0.16. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Acino Holding AG stock overvalued right now?
Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8) has a current Cash Ratio of 0.16. The current Cash Ratio is 0.16 and 71.9% below the Drug Manufacturers industry median of 0.57. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cash Ratio calculated?
Cash Ratio is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Acino Holding AG (LTS:0QM8), the current Cash Ratio is 0.16 as of Dec. 2013. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Acino Holding AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the pharmaceutical industry. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceuticals in novel drug delivery forms internationally. It is divided into four segments Business to Consumer (BtC); Business to Business (BtB); Technology marketing (TM); and Production (Prod). The BtC segment comprises all direct marketing activities. Under the company's "Acino Switzerland" brand and, with the promise of Swiss quality, the company sells its products in emerging markets around the globe. This reporting segment includes the business purchased from Mepha/Cephalon in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia. The BtB segment comprises Acino's business with its internally developed products, for which the company also owns the intellectual property rights. Acino develops and produces high-quality medicines with proven active ingredients and modern drug delivery systems and grants licenses for them to leading pharmaceutical and generic pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The technology marketing segment comprises a broad spectrum of fully integrated contract services, including procurement, contract development, production and packaging for companies in the life sciences industry. On behalf of these customers, Acino develops a comprehensive product pipeline on the basis of its special technological know-how. This includes both new types of medicines as well as projects with innovative drug delivery systems for established active ingredients. The production segment is responsible for the manufacturing of products and the supplying of the other three segments, and generates turnover through the reimbursement of its services. The manufacturing costs of products are credited to the production segment at standard prices along with remuneration in the form of a mark-up for materials and production costs.
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