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Saltire Capital (TSX:SLT.U) Cash Ratio : 0.06 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Saltire Capital 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. Saltire Capital's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.06.

Saltire Capital has a Cash Ratio of 0.06. 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 Saltire Capital's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:SLT.U' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.04   Max: 0.19
Current: 0.06

During the past 3 years, Saltire Capital's highest Cash Ratio was 0.19. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.04.

TSX:SLT.U's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
81.65% of 387 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 2.38 vs TSX:SLT.U: 0.06

Saltire Capital Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Saltire Capital'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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Saltire Capital Cash Ratio Chart

Saltire Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
- 0.01 0.01

Saltire Capital Quarterly Data
Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.01 - - 0.06

Competitive Comparison of Saltire Capital's Cash Ratio

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Saltire Capital'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.


Saltire Capital's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Saltire Capital's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Saltire Capital's Cash Ratio falls into.



Saltire Capital Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Saltire Capital'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
=0.172/20.196
=0.01

Saltire Capital'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
=1.088/18.039
=0.06

* 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.


Saltire Capital  (TSX:SLT.U) 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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Saltire Capital Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
510 West Georgia Street, Suite 1800, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6B 0M3
Website
Saltire Capital Ltd intends to build and grow a portfolio of profitable and cashflow-generating private investments that would not otherwise be available to public market investors through its proprietary origination process and to maximize its intrinsic value on a per-share basis over the long term by seeking to achieve superior investment performance commensurate with reasonable risk.

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