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Vast Renewables (Vast Renewables) Cash Ratio : 1.23 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vast Renewables 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. Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.23.

Vast Renewables has a Cash Ratio of 1.23. 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 Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

VSTE' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.12   Max: 1.92
Current: 1.23

During the past 3 years, Vast Renewables's highest Cash Ratio was 1.92. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.12.

VSTE's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
54.7% of 989 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.07 vs VSTE: 1.23

Vast Renewables Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vast Renewables'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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Vast Renewables Cash Ratio Chart

Vast Renewables Annual Data
Trend Jun20 Jun21 Jun22
Cash Ratio
1.39 1.92 0.12

Vast Renewables Semi-Annual Data
Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 0.12 0.01 0.08 1.23

Competitive Comparison of Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio

For the Solar subindustry, Vast Renewables'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.


Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio falls into.



Vast Renewables Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Vast Renewables's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jun. 2022 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.423/3.411
=0.12

Vast Renewables'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
=16.509/13.429
=1.23

* 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.


Vast Renewables  (NAS:VSTE) 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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Vast Renewables (Vast Renewables) Business Description

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226-230 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, AUS, 2010
Vast Solar Pty Ltd is a clean, renewable energy company specializing in the design and manufacturing of concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) systems to generate carbon-free, utility-scale electricity, industrial heat, and green fuels. The Company's differentiated modular CSP system, utilizing proprietary sodium loop heat transfer technology, provides customers with a solution to the enduring challenge of intermittent renewable energy through 24/7 dispatchable power and heat.

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