Wacker Chemie AG (WBO:WCH) Cash Ratio: (As of Mar. 2026)

Wacker Chemie AG  (WBO:WCH) 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.

Wacker Chemie AG Cash Ratio Related Terms

The historical data trend for Wacker Chemie AG'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.

Wacker Chemie AG Cash Ratio Chart

Wacker Chemie AG Annual Data
	Trend	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23	Dec24	Dec25
Cash Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.97	0.92	0.77	0.80	1.17

Wacker Chemie AG Quarterly Data
	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23	Mar24	Mar25	Jun25	Sep25	Dec25	Mar26
Cash Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.66	0.62	0.67	1.17	-

WBO:WCH vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Cash Ratio Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Wacker Chemie AG'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.

Wacker Chemie AG Cash Ratio vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Wacker Chemie AG's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wacker Chemie AG's Cash Ratio falls into.

Wacker Chemie AG Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Wacker Chemie AG's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as:

Wacker Chemie AG's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as:

* 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.

Wacker Chemie AG Business Description