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Pivotal Acquisition (Pivotal Acquisition) Cash Ratio : 0.55 (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is Pivotal Acquisition 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. Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 0.55.

Pivotal Acquisition has a Cash Ratio of 0.55. 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 Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PVT.U's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.91
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Pivotal Acquisition Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pivotal Acquisition'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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Pivotal Acquisition Cash Ratio Chart

Pivotal Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec18
Cash Ratio
0.15

Pivotal Acquisition Quarterly Data
Sep18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
Cash Ratio 0.64 5.25 1.02 0.55

Competitive Comparison of Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Pivotal Acquisition'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.


Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio falls into.



Pivotal Acquisition Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2018 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.019/0.128
=0.15

Pivotal Acquisition's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2019 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.477/0.861
=0.55

* 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.


Pivotal Acquisition  (NYSE:PVT.U) 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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Pivotal Acquisition (Pivotal Acquisition) Business Description

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Christopher Weiler director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ON-SITE SOURCING, 1111 NORTH 19TH ST. #600, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Donna S Morea director 214 N TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Evan B Morgan director C/O PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP., C/O GRAUBARD MILLER, 405 LEXINGTON AVE, NEW YORK NY 10174
Jonathan J Ledecky director C/O THE LEDECKY FOUNDATION, 901 - 15TH STREET, NW, SUITE 950, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Krystina L. Jones officer: EVP, Global Sales & Marketing C/O KLDISCOVERY, 8201 GREENBORO DRIVE, SUITE 300, MCLEAN VA 22102
Dawn M. Wilson officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O KLDISCOVERY, 8201 GREENSBORO DRIVE, SUITE 300, MCLEAN VA 22102
Prior Lawrence B Iii director 10260 CAMPUS POINT DRIVE, M/S 1-4-1, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Ian Fujiyama director CARLYLE GROUP, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, SUITE 220S, WASHINGTON DC 20004
Cg Subsidiary Holdings L.l.c. 10 percent owner C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP, SUITE 220 SOUTH, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20004
Ceof Ii Coinvestment B (de), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP, SUITE 220 SOUTH, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20004
Ceof Ii De I Aiv, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP, SUITE 220 SOUTH, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20004
Ceof Ii Coinvestment (de), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP, SUITE 220 SOUTH, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20004
Pivotal Spac Funding Llc 10 percent owner C/O MGG INVESTMENT GROUP ONE PENN PLAZA, 53RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10119
Mgg Investment Group Lp director, 10 percent owner, other: See remarks ONE PENN PLAZA, 53RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10119
Greg Racz director, 10 percent owner, other: See remarks C/O OCTAVIAN GLOBAL PARTNERS, LLC, 650 MADISON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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