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Titan Oil & Gas (Titan Oil & Gas) Cash Ratio : 0.48 (As of May. 2013)


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What is Titan Oil & Gas 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. Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2013 was 0.48.

Titan Oil & Gas has a Cash Ratio of 0.48. 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 Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TNGS's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Titan Oil & Gas Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Titan Oil & Gas'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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Titan Oil & Gas Cash Ratio Chart

Titan Oil & Gas Annual Data
Trend Aug09 Aug10 Aug11 Aug12
Cash Ratio
6.00 1.87 5.16 3.05

Titan Oil & Gas Quarterly Data
Nov08 Feb09 May09 Aug09 Nov09 Feb10 May10 Aug10 Nov10 Feb11 May11 Aug11 Nov11 Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13 May13
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 3.57 3.05 2.41 0.14 0.48

Competitive Comparison of Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Titan Oil & Gas'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.


Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio falls into.



Titan Oil & Gas Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Aug. 2012 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.061/0.02
=3.05

Titan Oil & Gas's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2013 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: May. 2013 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.022/0.046
=0.48

* 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.


Titan Oil & Gas  (GREY:TNGS) 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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Titan Oil & Gas (Titan Oil & Gas) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
7251 West Lake Mead Boulevard, Suite 300, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89128
Titan Oil & Gas Inc is an is an exploration stage company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and gas properties.

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