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Ledesma (BUE:LEDE) Cash Ratio : 0.18 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Ledesma 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. Ledesma's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.18.

Ledesma has a Cash Ratio of 0.18. 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 Ledesma's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:LEDE' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.1   Max: 0.48
Current: 0.18

During the past 13 years, Ledesma's highest Cash Ratio was 0.48. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.10.

BUE:LEDE's Cash Ratio is ranked worse than
73.49% of 513 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 0.39 vs BUE:LEDE: 0.18

Ledesma Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ledesma'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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Ledesma Cash Ratio Chart

Ledesma Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.03 0.15 0.10 0.20

Ledesma Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.09 0.20 0.11 0.13 0.18

Competitive Comparison of Ledesma's Cash Ratio

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Ledesma'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.


Ledesma's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Ledesma's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ledesma's Cash Ratio falls into.



Ledesma Cash Ratio Calculation

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

Ledesma's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: May. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=7867.432/38796.8
=0.20

Ledesma's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Feb. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=18705.946/106237.44
=0.18

* 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.


Ledesma  (BUE:LEDE) 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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Ledesma (BUE:LEDE) Business Description

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Address
Avenida Corrientes 415, 8th Floor, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, ARG
Ledesma SA is engaged in the production of sugar, paper, alcohol, bioethanol, energy, natural juices, meat, syrups, corn starches and cereals. The company also produces notebooks and other school supplies. The geographical scope of the Ledesma Group's operations is mainly in the Argentine Republic. It mainly carry out activities mainly of sugar sugar mill, alcohol distillery both hydrated intended for traditional uses and anhydrous, for bio-fuels, manufacturing of paper and stationery, production of fruits and juices and Agriculture and Livestock. It is one of the main players in the local markets for the production and marketing of sugar, alcohol, reams of paper, notebooks, coated papers and school supplies, and is the main exporter of oranges and grapefruits in the country.

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