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Northwest Copper (TSXV:NWST) Cash Ratio : 0.33 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Northwest Copper 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. Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.33.

Northwest Copper has a Cash Ratio of 0.33. 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 Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSXV:NWST' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 1.74   Max: 6.09
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, Northwest Copper's highest Cash Ratio was 6.09. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 1.74.

TSXV:NWST's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
70.92% of 2589 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.15 vs TSXV:NWST: 0.33

Northwest Copper Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northwest Copper'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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Northwest Copper Cash Ratio Chart

Northwest Copper Annual Data
Trend Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.11 3.33 0.43 0.25 0.33

Northwest Copper Quarterly Data
Aug18 Nov18 Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 Jun21 Sep21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.27 0.25 1.79 0.22 0.33

Competitive Comparison of Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Northwest Copper'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.


Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio falls into.



Northwest Copper Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Northwest Copper'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
=0.403/1.236
=0.33

Northwest Copper's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.403/1.236
=0.33

* 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.


Northwest Copper  (TSXV:NWST) 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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Northwest Copper (TSXV:NWST) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1900, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 2E9
Northwest Copper Corp is a mineral exploration company. It explores copper gold with an exciting pipeline of projects in British Columbia. The company's project includes Kwanika/Stardust; Lorraine and Top Cat properties and East Niv. It has a single operating segment which is the mineral exploration business in Canada.
Executives
Tyler Eric Gurney Caswell Senior Officer

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