Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Cash-to-Debt : 30.22 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Q4 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. Q4's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 30.22.

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Q4 could pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023.

The historical rank and industry rank for Q4's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:QFOR' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65 Med: 24.55 Max: 32.36
Current: 30.22

During the past 5 years, Q4's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 32.36. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 24.55.

TSX:QFOR's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 2.41 vs TSX:QFOR: 30.22

Q4 Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Q4'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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Q4 Cash-to-Debt Chart

Q4 Annual Data

Trend

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Cash-to-Debt

N/A

7.91

1.02

32.36

24.41

Q4 Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Dec19	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											27.92	24.41	23.11	24.69	30.22

Competitive Comparison of Q4's Cash-to-Debt

For the Software - Application subindustry, Q4'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.

Q4's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Q4's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Q4's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Q4 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.

Q4's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 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)
	=	39.591	/	(0.925	+	0.697)
	=	24.41

Q4's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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)
	=	28.107	/	(0.59	+	0.34)
	=	30.22

Q4 (TSX:QFOR) 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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Q4 (TSX:QFOR) Business Description

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469-A King Street West, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5V 1K4

Website

https://www.q4inc.com

Q4 Inc is a provider of a capital markets communication software platform. It offers a broad suite of products to publicly listed companies, investment managers and investment banks along with a variety of workflows, including investor relations, corporate access, deal management and research. The company's cloud-based software platform of products provides corporate customers with critical technology infrastructure and data that may be used to support their investor relations teams through website, virtual events, CRM and analytics products. The group delivers services primarily over the internet on a subscription basis using the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. It derives revenue from Canada, the U.S., Europe and Other countries, of which a majority of revenue is derived from the U.S.

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