Wei Chuan Foods (TPE:1201) Cash-to-Debt : 0.27 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Wei Chuan Foods 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. Wei Chuan Foods's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.27.

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, Wei Chuan Foods couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024.

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

TPE:1201' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15 Med: 0.3 Max: 0.44
Current: 0.27

During the past 13 years, Wei Chuan Foods's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.44. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.30.

TPE:1201's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
63.02% of 1874 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.51 vs TPE:1201: 0.27

Wei Chuan Foods Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wei Chuan Foods'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.
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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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Wei Chuan Foods Cash-to-Debt Chart

Wei Chuan Foods Annual Data

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Dec23

Cash-to-Debt

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0.34

0.32

0.23

0.17

0.33

Wei Chuan Foods Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.30	0.35	0.30	0.33	0.27

Competitive Comparison of Wei Chuan Foods's Cash-to-Debt

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Wei Chuan Foods'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.

Wei Chuan Foods's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Wei Chuan Foods's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

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

Wei Chuan Foods 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.

Wei Chuan Foods's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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)
	=	1936.558	/	(3170.279	+	2720.503)
	=	0.33

Wei Chuan Foods's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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)
	=	1539.69	/	(3266.519	+	2514.198)
	=	0.27

Wei Chuan Foods (TPE:1201) 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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Wei Chuan Foods (TPE:1201) Business Description

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Address

No. 125, Sung Chiang Road, 10th Floor, Taipei, TWN

Website

https://www.weichuan.com.tw

Wei Chuan Foods Corp is a Taiwan-based company that manufactures, wholesales, and retails food products. The company's products include dairy products, beverages and instant foods. The company operating segment includes Food; Packaging and others. It generates maximum revenue from the Food segment.

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