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SURRF (Sun Art Retail Group) Cash Ratio : 0.44 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sun Art Retail Group 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. Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.44.

Sun Art Retail Group has a Cash Ratio of 0.44. 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 Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SURRF' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.2   Med: 0.39   Max: 0.59
Current: 0.44

During the past 13 years, Sun Art Retail Group's highest Cash Ratio was 0.59. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.39.

SURRF's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
59.51% of 1104 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.33 vs SURRF: 0.44

Sun Art Retail Group Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sun Art Retail Group'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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Sun Art Retail Group Cash Ratio Chart

Sun Art Retail Group Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.36 0.35 0.55 0.56 0.49

Sun Art Retail Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 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 Premium Member Only 0.57 0.56 0.59 0.49 0.44

Competitive Comparison of Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio

For the Department Stores subindustry, Sun Art Retail Group'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.


Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio falls into.



Sun Art Retail Group Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Sun Art Retail Group's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2280.358/4651.809
=0.49

Sun Art Retail Group'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
=2187.535/4926.088
=0.44

* 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.


Sun Art Retail Group  (OTCPK:SURRF) 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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Sun Art Retail Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 255, Jiangchang Xi Road, Jingan District, Shanghai, CHN, 200436
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd is engaged in the operation of brick-and-mortar stores and online sales channels in the People's Republic of China. It operates its business with hypermarkets, superstores, and membership stores under RT-Mart, RT-Super, and M-Club and generates revenue from the sales of goods to customers, membership fees, and rental from leasing areas in the hypermarket buildings. Geographically, the company generates all of its revenue from the People's Republic of China.