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Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co (SAU:4014) Cash Ratio : 0.26 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co 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. Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.26.

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.26. 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 Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:4014' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.14   Max: 1.24
Current: 0.26

During the past 7 years, Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's highest Cash Ratio was 1.24. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.14.

SAU:4014's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
79.25% of 853 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.08 vs SAU:4014: 0.26

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co'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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Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Cash Ratio Chart

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Annual Data
Trend Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.24 1.18 0.10 0.14 0.03

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Quarterly Data
Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.04 0.03 0.15 0.07 0.26

Competitive Comparison of Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co'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.


Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=16.948/509.353
=0.03

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=96.817/372.957
=0.26

* 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.


Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co  (SAU:4014) 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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Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
King Fahad service Road, P.O. Box 1584, Al-Mutammarat District, Riyadh, SAU, 12711
Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co is engaged in general contracting of buildings, roads, and bridges, maintaining, cleaning, managing, and operating medical centers, maintenance of scientific and medical equipment, wholesale and retail trade in medical, laboratorial, and scientific equipment and its accessories, import and export services, and catering services among others. The company's reportable segments are; Operation and maintenance, Medical equipment sales and post-sale maintenance services revenue, Construction segment, Meat and food segment, and Medicine and medical supplies. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Operation and maintenance segment which deals with the supply of medical and non-medical staff and medical equipment maintenance services.

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