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Guinness Nigeria (NSA:GUIN) Cash Ratio : 0.42 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Guinness Nigeria 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. Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.42.

Guinness Nigeria has a Cash Ratio of 0.42. 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 Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NSA:GUIN' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.18   Max: 0.61
Current: 0.42

During the past 13 years, Guinness Nigeria's highest Cash Ratio was 0.61. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.18.

NSA:GUIN's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
54.23% of 201 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 0.3 vs NSA:GUIN: 0.42

Guinness Nigeria Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guinness Nigeria'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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Guinness Nigeria Cash Ratio Chart

Guinness Nigeria Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.10 0.09 0.43 0.61 0.50

Guinness Nigeria Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 0.50 0.46 0.50 0.42

Competitive Comparison of Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Guinness Nigeria'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.


Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio falls into.



Guinness Nigeria Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jun. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=92124.683/183671.423
=0.50

Guinness Nigeria's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=76323.062/183516.685
=0.42

* 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.


Guinness Nigeria  (NSA:GUIN) 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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Guinness Nigeria (NSA:GUIN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Cocoa Industries Road, Ikeja, Lagos, Ikeja, Lagos, NGA, 21071
Guinness Nigeria PLC is a beverage manufacturing company. The company is engaged in brewing, packaging, marketing and selling of various beverage brand including Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, Guinness Extra Smooth, Malta Guinness, Malta Guinness Low Sugar, Harp Lager, Smirnoff Ice, Satazenbrau Lager, Snapp, Orijin Spirit Mixed Drink, Orijin Bitters, and many more. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Nigeria.

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