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American Education Center (American Education Center) Cash Ratio : 0.19 (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is American Education Center Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. American Education Center's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 0.19.

American Education Center has a Cash Ratio of 0.19. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for American Education Center's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

AMCT's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.58
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

American Education Center Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Education Center'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.

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American Education Center Cash Ratio Chart

American Education Center Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.54 0.56 0.39 0.25 0.25

American Education Center Quarterly Data
Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 0.22 0.25 0.31 0.19

Competitive Comparison of American Education Center's Cash Ratio

For the Consulting Services subindustry, American Education Center'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.


American Education Center's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, American Education Center's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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American Education Center Cash Ratio Calculation

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

American Education Center's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2020 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.912/3.58
=0.25

American Education Center's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jun. 2021 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=0.542/2.836
=0.19

* 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.


American Education Center  (OTCPK:AMCT) 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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American Education Center (American Education Center) Business Description

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Address
1 Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10020
American Education Center Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the providing of consulting services. Its Consulting services include Placement Advisory Services, Career Advisory Services, Student & Family Advisory Services, and Other Advisory Services. The company operates in two segments namely AEC New York segment and AEC BVI segment. The majority of the revenue is generated from the AEC New York segment which capitalizes middle-class families in China for quality education and works experiences in the United States( US) and delivers customized high school and college placement and career advisory services to Chinese students wishing to study in the US.