Wegener (Wegener) Cash Ratio : 0.04 (As of May. 2012)

Wegener Cash Ratio Chart

Wegener Annual Data
	Trend	Aug01	Aug02	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10
Cash Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.16	-	-	-	0.03

Wegener Quarterly Data
	Aug07	Nov07	Feb08	May08	Aug08	Nov08	Feb09	May09	Aug09	Nov09	Feb10	May10	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12
Cash Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.05	0.05	0.10	0.01	0.04

Competitive Comparison of Wegener's Cash Ratio

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Wegener'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.

Wegener's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Wegener's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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

Wegener Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Wegener's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2010 is calculated as:

Wegener's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 2012 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.

Wegener  (OTCPK:WGNR) 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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