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Wheaton Precious Metals (MEX:WPM) Cash Ratio : 25.14 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Wheaton Precious Metals 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. Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 25.14.

Wheaton Precious Metals has a Cash Ratio of 25.14. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:WPM' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 6.35   Max: 43.9
Current: 25.14

During the past 13 years, Wheaton Precious Metals's highest Cash Ratio was 43.90. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 6.35.

MEX:WPM's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
95.4% of 2542 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs MEX:WPM: 25.14

Wheaton Precious Metals Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wheaton Precious Metals'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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Wheaton Precious Metals Cash Ratio Chart

Wheaton Precious Metals Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.61 6.18 7.61 22.66 20.96

Wheaton Precious Metals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 37.92 20.96 3.48 25.96 25.14

Competitive Comparison of Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio

For the Gold subindustry, Wheaton Precious Metals'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.


Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio falls into.



Wheaton Precious Metals Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=9276.885/442.604
=20.96

Wheaton Precious Metals's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=13666.742/543.689
=25.14

* 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.


Wheaton Precious Metals  (MEX:WPM) 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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Wheaton Precious Metals Business Description

Address
1021 West Hastings Street, Suite 3500, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 0C3
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp is a precious metal streaming company. The company has entered into over 20 long-term purchase agreements with 17 different mining companies, for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt. It has streaming agreements covering approximately 19 operating mines and 9 development stage projects. The company's projects include Vale's Salobo mine and silver streams on Glencore's Antamina mine and Goldcorp's Penasquito mine.