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Fast Accounting Co (TSE:5588) Cash Ratio : 1.60 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Fast Accounting 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. Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.60.

Fast Accounting Co has a Cash Ratio of 1.60. 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 Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:5588' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.11   Med: 1.54   Max: 1.82
Current: 1.6

During the past 4 years, Fast Accounting Co's highest Cash Ratio was 1.82. The lowest was 1.11. And the median was 1.54.

TSE:5588's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
71.56% of 2781 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs TSE:5588: 1.60

Fast Accounting Co Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fast Accounting 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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Fast Accounting Co Cash Ratio Chart

Fast Accounting Co Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cash Ratio
1.47 1.11 1.82 1.60

Fast Accounting Co Quarterly Data
Dec21 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Dec24
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 2.11 1.82 1.84 1.68 1.60

Competitive Comparison of Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fast Accounting 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.


Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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Fast Accounting 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.

Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1603.25/1003.022
=1.60

Fast Accounting Co's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=1603.25/1003.022
=1.60

* 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.


Fast Accounting Co  (TSE:5588) 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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Fast Accounting Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1-6-15 Hamamatsucho, VORT Hamamatsucho I 3rd Floor, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 105-0013
Fast Accounting Co Ltd is engaged in AI solution business specializing in the field of accounting. Its services include invoice Automation of input/confirmation, Automated invoice matching, Automate receipt input/confirmation, Automated receipt matching and others.

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