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Hongbo Co (SZSE:002229) Cash Ratio : 0.52 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Hongbo 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. Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.52.

Hongbo Co has a Cash Ratio of 0.52. 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 Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SZSE:002229' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17   Med: 1.85   Max: 3.09
Current: 0.52

During the past 13 years, Hongbo Co's highest Cash Ratio was 3.09. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 1.85.

SZSE:002229's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
52.27% of 1056 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.57 vs SZSE:002229: 0.52

Hongbo Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hongbo 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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Hongbo Co Cash Ratio Chart

Hongbo Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.96 3.04 2.15 1.70 0.73

Hongbo Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.92 1.57 1.34 0.73 0.52

Competitive Comparison of Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Hongbo 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.


Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio falls into.



Hongbo 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.

Hongbo 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
=832.888/1142.725
=0.73

Hongbo Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=738.189/1417.469
=0.52

* 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.


Hongbo Co  (SZSE:002229) 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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Hongbo Co (SZSE:002229) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 136 Jinda Road, Jinshan Development Zone, Fujian Province, Fuzhou, CHN, 350002
Hongbo Co Ltd is a China-based company engaged in the security printing business. It is involved in the printing of commercial bills in China. The company's main products are heat-sensitive paper tickets, general paper tickets and paper packaging products for office use. In addition, the company is also involved in the other businesses such as the Lottery industry, Security printing, Packaging industry, Color printing industry, Internet of things industry, and Business and interactive entertainment industry.
Executives
You You Luan Directors, executives
He Ai Ping Supervisors
Chen Xian Zhang Secretary Dong
Zhou Mei Mei Directors, executives
You Li Juan Director
You Yu Xian Director
Xie You Jun Supervisors
Guo Bin Executives
Wang Wen Jing Supervisors
Yang You Lin Director
Liu Yuan Hai Supervisors
Zhang Jian Jun Executives

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