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Merriman Holdings (Merriman Holdings) Cash Ratio : 0.75 (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is Merriman Holdings 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. Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.75.

Merriman Holdings has a Cash Ratio of 0.75. 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 Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MERR's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 0.89
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Merriman Holdings Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merriman Holdings'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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Merriman Holdings Cash Ratio Chart

Merriman Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.28 1.66 1.53 1.41 1.72

Merriman Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.79 1.72 0.90 0.73 0.75

Competitive Comparison of Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Merriman Holdings'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.


Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio falls into.



Merriman Holdings Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2014 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=3.352/1.945
=1.72

Merriman Holdings's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2015 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1.381/1.852
=0.75

* 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.


Merriman Holdings  (OTCPK:MERR) 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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Merriman Holdings (Merriman Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
250 Montgomery Street, 16th Floor, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94104
Merriman Holdings Inc is a financial service holding company. It provides capital markets advisory and research, corporate and investment banking services. The company's investment bankers provide a range of corporate finance and strategic advisory services. Its corporate finance practice advises on and structures capital raising solutions for its corporate clients through public and private offerings primarily of equity and convertible debt securities.
Executives
D Jonathan Merriman director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO MERRIMAN CURHAN FORD & CO 600 CALIFORNIA ST., 9TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Ronald L Chez director, 10 percent owner 1524 NORTH ASTOR, CHICAGO IL 60610
Jeffrey M Soinski director 585 WEST 500 SOUTH, BOUNTIFUL UT 84010
William J Febbo director 600 CALIFORNIA ST., 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Douglas Bergeron director 111 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD, LONG BEACH CA 90802
Andrew Arno director, 10 percent owner C/O MERRIMAN CURHAN FORD GROUP, INC., 600 CALIFORNIA STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Christopher L Aguilar officer: General Counsel 600 CALIFORNIA STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108
Robert J Majteles director
Ronald Spears director 600 CALIFORNIA STREET, 9TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108

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