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The Bon-Ton Stores (The Bon-Ton Stores) Cash Ratio : 0.01 (As of Oct. 2017)


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What is The Bon-Ton Stores 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. The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was 0.01.

The Bon-Ton Stores has a Cash Ratio of 0.01. 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 The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BONTQ's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 0.38
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

The Bon-Ton Stores Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Bon-Ton Stores'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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The Bon-Ton Stores Cash Ratio Chart

The Bon-Ton Stores Annual Data
Trend Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02

The Bon-Ton Stores Quarterly Data
Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17
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 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01

Competitive Comparison of The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio

For the Department Stores subindustry, The Bon-Ton Stores'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.


The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio falls into.



The Bon-Ton Stores Cash Ratio Calculation

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

The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Jan. 2017 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=6.736/368.847
=0.02

The Bon-Ton Stores's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Oct. 2017 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=7.268/1091.064
=0.01

* 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.


The Bon-Ton Stores  (OTCPK:BONTQ) 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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The Bon-Ton Stores (The Bon-Ton Stores) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
2801 East Market Street, York, PA, USA, 17402
The Bon-Ton Stores Inc operates is a department store operator in the United States. It offers a range of brand-name fashion apparel and accessories for women, men, and children, through stores in the United States. Its nationally distributed brand assortment includes a range of labels in the apparel, accessories, footwear, cosmetics and home furnishings industries, such as Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Carters, Chaps, Clarks, Clinique, Coach, Estee Lauder and Others.
Executives
Chad C Stauffer officer: EVP, Chief Merchandising Off. AT HOME GROUP INC. 1600 EAST PLANO PARKWAY PLANO TX 75074
Philmer H Rohrbaugh director C/O FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION, ONE PENN SQUARE, LANCASTER PA 17602
Morgan Donald E Iii 10 percent owner C/O BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, 717 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 1301, NEW YORK NY 10022
Brigade Leveraged Capital Structures Fund Ltd. 10 percent owner ONE NEXUS WAY, CAMANA BAY, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-9005
Todd C Mccarty director 2801 EAST MARKET STREET, YORK PA 17402
Nancy A Walsh officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer LL FLOORING HOLDINGS, INC., 4901 BAKERS MILL LANE, RICHMOND VA 23230
Lucinda M Baier director 111 WESTWOOD PLACE, SUITE 400, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
Brendan Hoffman director 100 PIER 1 PLACE, FORT WORTH TX 76102
Thomas K Hernquist director 2801 EAST MARKET STREET, YORK PA 17402
Remy W Trafelet 10 percent owner C/O TRAFELET BROKAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,, 410 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Trafelet & Co Llc 10 percent owner 410 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Trafelet Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 410 PARK AVENUE, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Lynn C Derry officer: Senior VP - Gen Merch Manager CHRISTOPHER & BANKS CORPORATION 2400 XENIUM LANE NORTH PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Frank Tworecke officer: President & COO THE BON-TON STORES, INC. 2801 E. MARKET ST., P.O. BOX 2821 YORK PA 17405

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