Nektar Therapeutics has a Cash Ratio of 3.62. 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 Nektar Therapeutics's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NKTR'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29 Med: 5.91 Max: 18.82
Current: 3.62
During the past 13 years, Nektar Therapeutics's highest Cash Ratio was 18.82. The lowest was 1.29. And the median was 5.91.
NKTR's Cash Ratio is ranked better than 57.67% of 1474
companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 2.665
vs NKTR: 3.62
Nektar Therapeutics Cash Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Nektar Therapeutics'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.
Competitive Comparison of Nektar Therapeutics's Cash Ratio
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Nektar Therapeutics'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.
Nektar Therapeutics's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Nektar Therapeutics's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Nektar Therapeutics's Cash Ratio falls into.
Nektar Therapeutics Cash Ratio Calculation
The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.
Nektar Therapeutics'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.
Nektar Therapeutics (NAS:NKTR) 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.
Nektar Therapeutics Cash Ratio Related Terms
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Nektar Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapies which selectively modulate the immune system to treat autoimmune disorders. The company is focused on discovering and developing medicines in the field of immunotherapy. Its clinical-stage and preclinical-stage immunomodulatory agents targets the treatment of autoimmune diseases (e.g. rezpegaldesleukin and NKTR-0165, respectively) and cancer (e.g. NKTR-255).
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