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B- Scada (B- Scada) Cash Ratio : 6.11 (As of Apr. 2017)


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What is B- Scada 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. B- Scada's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 was 6.11.

B- Scada has a Cash Ratio of 6.11. 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 B- Scada's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SCDA's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.76
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

B- Scada Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for B- Scada'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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B- Scada Cash Ratio Chart

B- Scada Annual Data
Trend Oct07 Oct08 Oct09 Oct10 Oct11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct16
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.22 0.82 3.40 2.00 2.48

B- Scada Quarterly Data
Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17
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 3.54 2.01 2.48 3.15 6.11

Competitive Comparison of B- Scada's Cash Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, B- Scada'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.


B- Scada's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, B- Scada's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where B- Scada's Cash Ratio falls into.



B- Scada Cash Ratio Calculation

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

B- Scada's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2016 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Oct. 2016 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.846/0.341
=2.48

B- Scada's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Apr. 2017 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.666/0.109
=6.11

* 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.


B- Scada  (OTCPK:SCDA) 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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B- Scada (B- Scada) Business Description

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Address
547 West Fort Island Trail, Suite A, Crystal River, FL, USA, 34429
B- Scada Inc is engaged in the business of developing software and hardware products for the visualization and monitoring of data in residential and commercial settings and in heavy industries. The company's Human Machine Interface (HMI) software and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) products are utilized in the petrochemical, electricity distribution, transportation, facilities management and manufacturing industries. The company also markets and sells a line of wireless sensors used for monitoring various information like temperature, pressure, voltage and water detection.

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