Pieris Pharmaceuticals has a Cash Ratio of 4.55. 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 Pieris Pharmaceuticals's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
PIRS'
s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13 Med: 2.8 Max: 14.39
Current: 4.55
During the past 11 years, Pieris Pharmaceuticals's highest Cash Ratio was 14.39. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 2.80.
PIRS's Cash Ratio is not ranked
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 2.71
vs PIRS: 4.55
* 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 Pieris Pharmaceuticals's Cash Ratio
For the Biotechnology subindustry, Pieris Pharmaceuticals'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.
Pieris Pharmaceuticals's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry
For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Pieris Pharmaceuticals's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Pieris Pharmaceuticals's Cash Ratio falls into.
* 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.
Pieris Pharmaceuticals (NAS:PIRS) 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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Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery and development of the Anticalin class of biotherapeutics. Anticalin proteins are engineered versions of lipocalins, human proteins that naturally bind, store, and transport a wide spectrum of molecules. The Company's clinical pipeline consists of immuno-oncology, or IO, bispecifics in partnership with collaborators, including S095012 (also referred to as PRS-344) targeting PD-L1 and 4-1BB, SGN-BB228 (also referred to as PRS-346) targeting CD228 and 4-1BB, and BOS-342 (also referred to as PRS-342) targeting GPC3 and 4-1BB. Geographically, all the operations of the firm function through the region of the United States.
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