Wesfarmers (MEX:WES) Cash-to-Debt : 0.07 (As of Jun. 2024)

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What is Wesfarmers Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Wesfarmers's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 0.07.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Wesfarmers couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:WES' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06 Med: 0.14 Max: 0.3
Current: 0.07

During the past 13 years, Wesfarmers's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.30. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.14.

MEX:WES's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
86.41% of 1111 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.43 vs MEX:WES: 0.07

Wesfarmers Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Wesfarmers Cash-to-Debt Chart

Wesfarmers Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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0.29

0.30

0.06

0.07

Wesfarmers Semi-Annual Data
	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.06	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.07

Competitive Comparison of Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wesfarmers's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Wesfarmers Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Wesfarmers's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	10157.56	/	(14171.926	+	123022.046)
	=	0.07

Wesfarmers's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	10157.56	/	(14171.926	+	123022.046)
	=	0.07

Wesfarmers (MEX:WES) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Address

123 St Georges Terrace, Level 14, Brookfield Place Tower 2, Perth, WA, AUS, 6000

Website

https://www.wesfarmers.com.au

Wesfarmers is Australia's largest conglomerate. Its retail operations include the Bunnings hardware chain (number one in market share), discount department stores Kmart and Target (number one and three) and Officeworks in office supplies (number one). These activities account for the vast majority of group earnings before taxes. Other operations include chemicals, fertilizers, industrial and medical gases, LPG production and distribution, and industrial and safety supplies. Management is focused on generating cash and creating shareholder wealth in the long term.