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NLRCF (Northern Lights Resources) Cash Ratio : 0.28 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Northern Lights Resources 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. Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.28.

Northern Lights Resources has a Cash Ratio of 0.28. 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 Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NLRCF' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.28   Max: 12.06
Current: 0.28

During the past 11 years, Northern Lights Resources's highest Cash Ratio was 12.06. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.28.

NLRCF's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
72.23% of 2503 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.02 vs NLRCF: 0.28

Northern Lights Resources Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northern Lights Resources'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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Northern Lights Resources Cash Ratio Chart

Northern Lights Resources Annual Data
Trend Apr12 Apr13 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 3.27 0.02 0.55 0.47

Northern Lights Resources Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 0.55 0.63 0.47 0.28 0.28

Competitive Comparison of Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio

For the Gold subindustry, Northern Lights Resources'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.


Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio falls into.


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Northern Lights Resources Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Apr. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.343/0.736
=0.47

Northern Lights Resources's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Oct. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.204/0.728
=0.28

* 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.


Northern Lights Resources  (OTCPK:NLRCF) 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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Northern Lights Resources Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2E9
Northern Lights Resources Corp is an exploration and development company. Its principal business activities include acquiring and exploring resource properties. The company owns the Secret Pass Gold Project in Arizona, United States.

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